BALFIELD PROPERTIES LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC334044 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-16

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 18.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other residential care activities n.e.c.

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, 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: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.3y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 18.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	1400	1400

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2025-12-05
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accounts · AA
2024-12-22
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accounts · AA
2024-02-09
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accounts · AA01
2024-01-19
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address · AD01
2024-01-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-01-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-18
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mortgage · MR01
2023-01-16
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2022-11-18
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accounts · AA
2022-01-27
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accounts · AA
2021-12-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-12-08
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capital · SH08
2021-12-06
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incorporation · MA
2020-12-10
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accounts · AA
2020-01-29
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accounts · AA
2018-11-27
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2015-02-06
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2014-11-13
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KERR, John Kelvin Martin appointed
director
2014-11-13
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KERR, Rhys Alexsander appointed
director
2008-01-22
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2007-11-16
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Company incorporated
As BALFIELD PROPERTIES LTD
2007-11-16
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KERR, Avril appointed
secretary
2007-11-16
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KERR, Avril appointed
director
2007-11-16
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KERR, John Kelvin appointed
director
2007-11-16
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COSEC LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-11-16
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COSEC LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-11-16
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CODIR LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2007-11-16
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CODIR LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2007-11-16
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COSEC LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2007-11-16
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COSEC LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Avril Kerr Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr John Kelvin Kerr Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr John Alexander Kerrceased 06/02/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2007-11-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC87900 — Other residential care activities n.e.c.

Registered office

44 Strathern Road

Broughty Ferry

Dundee

DD5 1PN

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-23

Last: 2025-12-09