BRORA PROPERTIES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC262296 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-22

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

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£71.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

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

Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). 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).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £71,890

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£72k

↑ 11% YoY

Current Assets

£24k

↑ 53% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£71.9k	£64.7k
Current assets	£24.1k	£15.8k
Net assets	£71.9k	£64.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-09-25
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2023-09-14
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2022-08-29
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2021-08-23
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2020-08-06
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2019-07-31
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2018-07-10
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2018-05-02
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2018-05-02
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2018-05-02
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2018-03-12
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SUTHERLAND, Elizabeth Gall resigned
secretary
2018-03-12
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SUTHERLAND, Elizabeth Gall resigned
director
2017-05-13
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accounts · AA
2016-03-23
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2016-02-10
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2004-02-03
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SUTHERLAND, Iain Murray appointed
director
2004-02-03
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SUTHERLAND, Elizabeth Gall appointed
secretary
2004-02-03
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-02-03
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SUTHERLAND, Elizabeth Gall appointed
director
2004-02-03
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2004-01-22
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Company incorporated
As BRORA PROPERTIES LIMITED
2004-01-22
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-01-22
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Iain Murray Sutherland Individual · British · DOB 05/1944 · age 82	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Elizabeth Gall Sutherlandceased 12/03/2018· 50-75% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-01-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Station Square

Brora

KW9 6QJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-27

Last: 2026-01-13

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

SUTHERLAND, Iain Murray→

director · ~82y · appointed 2004-02-03

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Active

SUTHERLAND, Elizabeth Gall→

secretary · appointed 2004-02-03 · resigned 2018-03-12

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-01-22 · resigned 2004-02-03

Resigned

SUTHERLAND, Elizabeth Gall→

director · ~84y · appointed 2004-02-03 · resigned 2018-03-12

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-01-22 · resigned 2004-02-03

Resigned

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