UGIE INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC287102 · ltd · incorporated 2005-07-06

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£10.65M

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate

Sector: Real estate

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

68201Renting and operating of Housing Association real estate
82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile

address, 3 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

8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

57 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

81/100Exceptional

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £10,645,293

Cash YoY

+27%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£7.2m

↑ 27% YoY

Net Worth

£11m

↑ 4.1% YoY

Current Assets

£7.3m

↑ 3.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£10.65M	£10.23M
Current assets	£7.27M	£7.03M
Cash	£7.16M	£5.64M
Debtors	£109.4k	£1.39M
Net assets	£10.65M	£10.23M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-10-10
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2024-10-09
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accounts · AA
2023-09-04
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accounts · AA
2022-11-04
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accounts · AA
2021-07-01
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accounts · AA
2020-10-09
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accounts · AA
2020-07-08
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officers · RP04AP01
2020-02-12
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officers · CH01
2020-02-12
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officers · CH01
2019-10-14
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accounts · AA
2018-10-05
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accounts · AA
2017-10-24
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accounts · AA
2016-12-13
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accounts · AA
2016-11-25
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officers · CH04
2015-12-23
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accounts · AA
2013-05-01
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HOMEWOOD, Nicola appointed
director
2013-05-01
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PATRICK, Margaret Joan appointed
director
2013-05-01
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STRACHAN, Bruce appointed
director
2013-05-01
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STRACHAN, Sandra appointed
director
2005-07-06
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Company incorporated
As UGIE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
2005-07-06
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MASSON GLENNIE LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2005-07-06
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STRACHAN, James George Stephen appointed
director
2005-07-06
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-07-06
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-07-06
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-07-06
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 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 73 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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.)

Group structure

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

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Ugie Properties Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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UGIE INVESTMENTS LIMITED

This company · SC287102

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ugie Properties Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-07-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Broad House

Broad Street

Peterhead

AB42 1HY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-20

Last: 2025-07-06