ARK PROPERTIES LTD.

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SC319499 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-26
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£217.8k
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -78% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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, 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
63 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
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £217,764
Cash draining
Cash down 78% YoY
Cash YoY
-78%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4k
↓ 78% YoY
Net Worth
£218k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Assets
£9k
↓ 68% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£44k£87k£131k£174k£218kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£217.8k£179.2k
Current assets£9.3k£29.5k
Cash£4.3k£19.7k
Debtors£5.1k£9.8k
Net assets£217.8k£179.2k

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.

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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 (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-03-08
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-03-08
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    officers · CH03
  6. 2023-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-04-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-04-13
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    capital · SH01
  11. 2022-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-03-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2021-04-07
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  14. 2021-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-02-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-08-05
    ➕
    KYLE, Matthew appointed
    director
  19. 2007-03-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARK PROPERTIES LTD.
  20. 2007-03-26
    ➕
    KYLE, Lorna appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-03-26
    ➕
    KYLE, Andrew Reid appointed
    director
  22. 2007-03-26
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2007-03-26
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2007-03-26
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2007-03-26
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 Andrew Reid Kyle
Individual · British · DOB 06/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016
Mr Matthew Kyle
Individual · British · DOB 01/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2007-03-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

21 Underwood Road
Paisley
PA3 1TH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-30
Last: 2026-03-16

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

KYLE, Lorna→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KYLE, Andrew Reid→
director · ~77y · appointed 2007-03-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KYLE, Matthew→
director · ~46y · appointed 2016-08-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-03-26 · resigned 2007-03-26
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-03-26 · resigned 2007-03-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-08
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-13
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-29