EM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED

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SC309269 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-27
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£10.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and operating of Housing Association real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.5y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (85/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
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
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £10,787

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£11k
↑ 157% YoY
Current Assets
£17k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£7k£10k£14k£17kSept 2023Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£11.4k£5.4k£5.4k
Current assets£17.5k£14.4k£14.6k
Net assets£10.8k£4.2k£4.8k

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

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
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  2. 2025-06-30
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  3. 2024-06-04
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  4. 2023-10-03
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  5. 2023-06-29
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  6. 2022-05-30
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  7. 2021-06-29
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  8. 2021-01-13
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  9. 2021-01-12
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  10. 2020-06-26
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  11. 2019-06-25
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  12. 2018-06-29
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  13. 2017-05-16
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  15. 2015-09-29
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  16. 2014-03-14
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    BROWN, Melanie Jayne resigned
    director
  17. 2006-12-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2006-09-27
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    Company incorporated
    As EM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  19. 2006-09-27
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    MACMORRAN, Ewan David appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-09-27
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    MACMORRAN, Ewan David appointed
    director
  21. 2006-09-27
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-09-27
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-09-27
    ➕
    BROWN, Melanie Jayne appointed
    director
  24. 2006-09-27
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2006-09-27
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-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 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ewan David Macmorran
Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated2006-09-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68201 — Renting and operating of Housing Association real estate

Registered office

5 Muirhead Road
Stenhousemuir
Larbert
FK5 4HZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-11
Last: 2025-09-27

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MACMORRAN, Ewan David→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACMORRAN, Ewan David→
director · ~66y · appointed 2006-09-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-09-27 · resigned 2006-09-27
Resigned
BROWN, Melanie Jayne→
director · ~57y · appointed 2006-09-27 · resigned 2014-03-14
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-09-27 · resigned 2006-09-27
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 Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property07/12/2006—
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Recent filings (56 total)

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2025-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-09
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2024-06-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-10
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address · AD01
2023-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
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gazette · DISS40
2021-01-13
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gazette · GAZ1
2021-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-11