ARDKINGLAS LAND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC294179 · ltd · incorporated 2005-12-07
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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, 2 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
49 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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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2022-12-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-12-07
    ➕
    SUMSION, Virginia appointed
    director
  7. 2022-12-07
    ➖
    MASKELL, Jean Ann resigned
    director
  8. 2022-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-09-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2018-09-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2018-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-12-10
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2012-12-01
    ➕
    TURCAN CONNELL COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2012-12-01
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    TURCAN CONNELL resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2005-12-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ARDKINGLAS LAND LIMITED
  21. 2005-12-07
    ➕
    SUMSION, David Peter appointed
    director
  22. 2005-12-07
    ➕
    TURCAN CONNELL appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2005-12-07
    ➕
    MASKELL, Jean Ann appointed
    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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
David Peter Sumsion
Individual · British · DOB 06/1958 · age 68
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2005-12-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

5th Floor, Princes Exchange
1 Earl Grey Street
Edinburgh
EH3 9EE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-21
Last: 2025-12-07

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

TURCAN CONNELL COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2012-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SUMSION, David Peter→
director · ~68y · appointed 2005-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SUMSION, Virginia→
director · ~66y · appointed 2022-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TURCAN CONNELL→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-12-07 · resigned 2012-12-01
Resigned
MASKELL, Jean Ann→
director · ~72y · appointed 2005-12-07 · resigned 2022-12-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-12