TAYSIDE SOLICITORS PROPERTY CENTRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC279746 · ltd · incorporated 2005-02-10
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 20.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Advertising agencies
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.3y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
19 officers (6 active, 19 linked, 17 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
104 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees91300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-06-07
    MARNOCH, Brian resigned
    director
  5. 2024-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-12-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-12-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2023-12-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2023-11-01
    RYDER, Peter Gordon appointed
    director
  11. 2023-09-19
    MCKAY, Hugh Derek resigned
    director
  12. 2023-09-19
    THOMSON, Kenneth William resigned
    director
  13. 2023-04-01
    DARROCH, Lindsay Duncan Gunn appointed
    director
  14. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2023-02-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2023-02-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2023-02-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2022-10-31
    BAILLIE, Alan John resigned
    director
  19. 2022-10-18
    TODD, Christopher John appointed
    director
  20. 2022-06-21
    DEWAR, Barry George appointed
    director
  21. 2022-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  22. 2021-11-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  23. 2021-10-31
    NAPIER, Alistair Graham resigned
    director
  24. 2021-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  25. 2021-02-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  26. 2020-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  27. 2020-03-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  28. 2019-07-12
    DARROCH, Lindsay Duncan Gunn resigned
    director
  29. 2019-03-01
    MARNOCH, Brian appointed
    director
  30. 2019-03-01
    NAPIER, Alistair Graham appointed
    director
  31. 2015-07-06
    DUNCAN, John Derek resigned
    director
  32. 2014-08-25
    MATTHEW, Eileen Agnes resigned
    director
  33. 2011-08-01
    DARROCH, Lindsay Duncan Gunn appointed
    director
  34. 2011-06-30
    SCOTT, Philip Cameron resigned
    secretary
  35. 2011-06-30
    SCOTT, Philip Cameron resigned
    director
  36. 2009-12-31
    PATON, James Kinross resigned
    director
  37. 2006-01-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  38. 2005-05-14
    SCOTT, Philip Cameron appointed
    secretary
  39. 2005-05-14
    THORNTONS WS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  40. 2005-05-14
    HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson resigned
    director
  41. 2005-05-14
    SCOTT, Philip Cameron appointed
    director
  42. 2005-05-13
    BROWN, Michael Andrew appointed
    director
  43. 2005-05-13
    COUSTON, Robert James Gair appointed
    director
  44. 2005-05-13
    BAILLIE, Alan John appointed
    director
  45. 2005-05-13
    DUNCAN, John Derek appointed
    director
  46. 2005-05-13
    MATTHEW, Eileen Agnes appointed
    director
  47. 2005-05-13
    MCKAY, Hugh Derek appointed
    director
  48. 2005-05-13
    PATON, James Kinross appointed
    director
  49. 2005-05-13
    THOMSON, Kenneth William appointed
    director
  50. 2005-02-10
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    Company incorporated
    As TAYSIDE SOLICITORS PROPERTY CENTRE LIMITED
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Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Tspc Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Tspc Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
TAYSIDE SOLICITORS PROPERTY CENTRE LIMITED
This company · SC279746

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Tspc Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75-100% shares01/03/2018

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

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
Incorporated2005-02-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC73110 — Advertising agencies

Registered office

11 Whitehall Crescent
Dundee
DD1 4AR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-24
Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (6 active · 13 resigned)

BROWN, Michael Andrew
director · ~74y · appointed 2005-05-13
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Active
COUSTON, Robert James Gair
director · ~67y · appointed 2005-05-13
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Active
DARROCH, Lindsay Duncan Gunn
director · ~55y · appointed 2023-04-01
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Active
DEWAR, Barry George
director · ~43y · appointed 2022-06-21
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Active
RYDER, Peter Gordon
director · ~60y · appointed 2023-11-01
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Active
TODD, Christopher John
director · ~44y · appointed 2022-10-18
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Active
SCOTT, Philip Cameron
secretary · appointed 2005-05-14 · resigned 2011-06-30
Resigned
THORNTONS WS
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-02-10 · resigned 2005-05-14
Resigned
BAILLIE, Alan John
director · ~69y · appointed 2005-05-13 · resigned 2022-10-31
Resigned
DARROCH, Lindsay Duncan Gunn
director · ~55y · appointed 2011-08-01 · resigned 2019-07-12
Resigned
DUNCAN, John Derek
director · ~66y · appointed 2005-05-13 · resigned 2015-07-06
Resigned
HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-02-10 · resigned 2005-05-14
Resigned
MARNOCH, Brian
director · ~69y · appointed 2019-03-01 · resigned 2024-06-07
Resigned
MATTHEW, Eileen Agnes
director · ~70y · appointed 2005-05-13 · resigned 2014-08-25
Resigned
MCKAY, Hugh Derek
director · ~66y · appointed 2005-05-13 · resigned 2023-09-19
Resigned
NAPIER, Alistair Graham
director · ~82y · appointed 2019-03-01 · resigned 2021-10-31
Resigned
PATON, James Kinross
director · ~78y · appointed 2005-05-13 · resigned 2009-12-31
Resigned
SCOTT, Philip Cameron
director · ~74y · appointed 2005-05-14 · resigned 2011-06-30
Resigned
THOMSON, Kenneth William
director · ~68y · appointed 2005-05-13 · resigned 2023-09-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property04/01/2006
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Recent filings (104 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-28