ALADDINS (PROPERTIES) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC303590 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-08
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 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£0Jan 2025Jan 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-01-312025-01-31
Average employees100100

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

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-03-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-10-27
    ➖
    CORSON, Stephen resigned
    secretary
  5. 2025-10-27
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2025-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-13
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-05-17
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-06-17
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2006-09-13
    ➕
    CORSON, Stephen appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-09-13
    ➖
    MACDONALDS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2006-09-13
    ➖
    WHITE, Joyce Helen resigned
    nominee-director
  21. 2006-08-31
    ➕
    CORSON, John Prentice appointed
    director
  22. 2006-06-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ALADDINS (PROPERTIES) LIMITED
  23. 2006-06-08
    ➕
    MACDONALDS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2006-06-08
    ➕
    WHITE, Joyce Helen appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Prentice Corson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1956 · age 70
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/06/2016
Mr William Corson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1951 · age 75
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/06/2016

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
Incorporated2006-06-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

16 - 18 Weir Street
Falkirk
FK1 1RA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-22
Last: 2025-06-08

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

CORSON, John Prentice→
director · ~70y · appointed 2006-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CORSON, Stephen→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-13 · resigned 2025-10-27
Resigned
MACDONALDS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-06-08 · resigned 2006-09-13
Resigned
WHITE, Joyce Helen→
nominee-director · ~67y · appointed 2006-06-08 · resigned 2006-09-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-04
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-06