FERRYGATE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC266992 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-26
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 3 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-15
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  3. 2023-06-16
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  4. 2022-06-30
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  5. 2021-11-01
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  6. 2021-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-08
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    MILLER, Alastair Robert John Dunlop resigned
    director
  8. 2020-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-06
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  10. 2018-12-18
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  11. 2017-11-30
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  12. 2017-01-27
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  13. 2016-05-04
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  14. 2015-12-21
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  15. 2015-12-08
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  16. 2015-05-11
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-01-05
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2013-08-12
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    MILLER, Lucy Hannah appointed
    secretary
  19. 2013-08-12
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    TURCAN CONNELL COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2012-04-01
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    TURCAN CONNELL COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2012-04-01
    ➖
    TURCAN CONNELL WS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2004-07-29
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    GOURLAY, Deborah Mary appointed
    director
  23. 2004-07-29
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    MILLER, Lucy Hannah appointed
    director
  24. 2004-07-29
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    BLP SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-07-29
    ➕
    TURCAN CONNELL WS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2004-07-29
    ➕
    MILLER, Alastair Robert John Dunlop appointed
    director
  27. 2004-07-29
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    BLP CREATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2004-07-29
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    BLP FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2004-04-26
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    Company incorporated
    As FERRYGATE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
  30. 2004-04-26
    ➕
    BLP SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2004-04-26
    ➕
    BLP CREATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 2004-04-26
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    BLP FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alistair Robert John Dunlop Miller
Individual · British · DOB 03/1937 · age 89
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-04-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Ferrygate Farm
Dirleton
North Berwick
East Lothian
EH39 5DG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-10
Last: 2025-04-26

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

MILLER, Lucy Hannah→
secretary · appointed 2013-08-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOURLAY, Deborah Mary→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILLER, Lucy Hannah→
director · ~56y · appointed 2004-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLP SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-04-26 · resigned 2004-07-29
Resigned
TURCAN CONNELL COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2012-04-01 · resigned 2013-08-12
Resigned
TURCAN CONNELL WS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-07-29 · resigned 2012-04-01
Resigned
MILLER, Alastair Robert John Dunlop→
director · ~89y · appointed 2004-07-29 · resigned 2021-09-08
Resigned
BLP CREATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-04-26 · resigned 2004-07-29
Resigned
BLP FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-04-26 · resigned 2004-07-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-07