SOUTH WEST PROPERTY CENTRE LIMITED

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SC213156 · ltd · incorporated 2000-11-24
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Real estate agencies
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 24.7y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 3 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees300300

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
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  3. 2023-05-09
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  4. 2022-09-12
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  7. 2020-06-12
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  8. 2019-06-03
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  9. 2018-05-16
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  10. 2017-05-24
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  11. 2016-07-06
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  12. 2015-12-01
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  13. 2015-07-21
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  14. 2014-11-26
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  15. 2014-09-29
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  16. 2006-06-24
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    Charge satisfied #2
  17. 2006-06-24
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2006-05-01
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    ALEXANDER, Wendy appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-04-30
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    HALLIDAY, Scott resigned
    secretary
  20. 2006-04-30
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    HALLIDAY, Scott resigned
    director
  21. 2003-04-01
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    ALEXANDER, Ross appointed
    director
  22. 2003-04-01
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    HALLIDAY, Scott appointed
    secretary
  23. 2003-04-01
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    HALLIDAY, Scott appointed
    director
  24. 2003-03-31
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    MURDOCH, Nicola Glassford resigned
    secretary
  25. 2003-03-31
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    MURDOCH, Robin Charles resigned
    director
  26. 2001-10-01
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  27. 2001-09-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  28. 2000-11-24
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    Company incorporated
    As SOUTH WEST PROPERTY CENTRE LIMITED
  29. 2000-11-24
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    MURDOCH, Nicola Glassford appointed
    secretary
  30. 2000-11-24
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2000-11-24
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2000-11-24
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    MURDOCH, Robin Charles appointed
    director
  33. 2000-11-24
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
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  34. 2000-11-24
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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  35. 2000-11-24
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  36. 2000-11-24
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

93/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ross Alexander
Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting30/06/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-11-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68310 — Real estate agencies

Registered office

Charlotte Street
Stranraer
Dumfries & Galloway
DG9 7ED

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-08
Last: 2025-11-24

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

ALEXANDER, Wendy→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALEXANDER, Ross→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-04-01
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Active
HALLIDAY, Scott→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-01 · resigned 2006-04-30
Resigned
MURDOCH, Nicola Glassford→
secretary · appointed 2000-11-24 · resigned 2003-03-31
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-11-24 · resigned 2000-11-24
Resigned
HALLIDAY, Scott→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-04-01 · resigned 2006-04-30
Resigned
MURDOCH, Robin Charles→
director · ~77y · appointed 2000-11-24 · resigned 2003-03-31
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-11-24 · resigned 2000-11-24
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-11-24 · resigned 2000-11-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
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Outstanding
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Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property01/10/200124/06/2006
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property06/09/200124/06/2006

Recent filings (70 total)

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2025-12-01
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2025-07-31
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2024-11-25
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2024-07-30
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2023-11-29
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2023-05-09
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2022-11-25
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2022-09-12
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2021-11-25
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2021-07-05
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2021-06-10
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2020-11-27
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2020-06-12
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2019-11-28
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