ESSLEMONT DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC270897 · ltd · incorporated 2004-07-20
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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 90-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 90). 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-11-12
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  7. 2020-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2020-08-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  10. 2020-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-08-06
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2004-11-29
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    WOLRIGE GORDON, Rosemary Jane appointed
    secretary
  17. 2004-11-29
    ➕
    WOLRIGE GORDON, Charles Iain Robert appointed
    director
  18. 2004-11-29
    ➕
    WOLRIGE GORDON, Rosemary Jane appointed
    director
  19. 2004-11-29
    ➖
    BLP SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2004-11-29
    ➖
    BLP CREATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2004-11-29
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    BLP FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2004-07-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ESSLEMONT DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
  23. 2004-07-20
    ➕
    BLP SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2004-07-20
    ➕
    BLP CREATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2004-07-20
    ➕
    BLP FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 90 — 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 90 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 21 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Rosemary Wolrige-Gordon
Individual · British · DOB 03/1936 · age 90
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/08/2020
Mr Charles Iain Robert Wolrige Gordon
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-07-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

12 Carden Place
Aberdeen
AB10 1UR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-03
Last: 2025-07-20

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

WOLRIGE GORDON, Rosemary Jane→
secretary · appointed 2004-11-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOLRIGE GORDON, Charles Iain Robert→
director · ~65y · appointed 2004-11-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOLRIGE GORDON, Rosemary Jane→
director · ~90y · appointed 2004-11-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLP SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-07-20 · resigned 2004-11-29
Resigned
BLP CREATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-07-20 · resigned 2004-11-29
Resigned
BLP FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-07-20 · resigned 2004-11-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-02
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2020-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-08-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2020-08-06