MCLEISH PROPERTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC237009 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-18
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 23.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
72 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees200200

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

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-01-23
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  3. 2023-02-07
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  4. 2022-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2020-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-05-22
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-05-02
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    capital · SH08
  10. 2018-05-02
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2018-04-10
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    annual-return · RP04AR01
  12. 2017-01-16
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-09-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-09-11
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    mortgage · MR04
  16. 2015-09-11
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2002-12-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2002-10-15
    ➕
    MCLEISH, Moira appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-10-15
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    MCLEISH, Moira appointed
    director
  20. 2002-10-15
    ➕
    MCLEISH, Stewart Ford appointed
    director
  21. 2002-10-15
    ➖
    MESSRS THORNTONS WS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-10-15
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    HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson resigned
    nominee-director
  23. 2002-09-18
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    Company incorporated
    As MCLEISH PROPERTIES LIMITED
  24. 2002-09-18
    ➕
    MESSRS THORNTONS WS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-09-18
    ➕
    HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MCLEISH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Moira Mcleish
Individual · British · DOB 03/1948 · age 78
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/09/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-09-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Fernieknowe, Kingennie
Broughty Ferry
Dundee
DD5 3PF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-02
Last: 2025-09-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MCLEISH, Moira→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-15
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Active
MCLEISH, Moira→
director · ~78y · appointed 2002-10-15
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Active
MCLEISH, Stewart Ford→
director · ~82y · appointed 2002-10-15
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Active
MESSRS THORNTONS WS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-18 · resigned 2002-10-15
Resigned
HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson→
nominee-director · appointed 2002-09-18 · resigned 2002-10-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property13/12/200211/09/2015

Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-09-25