CAIRNHALL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC500255 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-12
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Asset base steady — strong defensive profile, no urgency cue.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£0
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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
£0
Current Assets
£40k
↓ 8.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£9k£18k£26k£35k£44kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£40.0k£39.8k
Current assets£40.0k£43.8k
Net assets£0£0

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-25
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    BRUCE, Heather Catherine appointed
    director
  3. 2025-03-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-05-29
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-03
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    officers · TM01
  14. 2016-03-31
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    BRUCE, Niall Allan David resigned
    director
  15. 2016-03-13
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-03-12
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    Company incorporated
    As CAIRNHALL LIMITED
  17. 2015-03-12
    ➕
    BRUCE, John Murray appointed
    director
  18. 2015-03-12
    ➕
    BRUCE, Niall Allan David appointed
    director
  19. 2015-03-12
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

31/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BRUCE, Heather Catherine (same surname) appointed 2025-03-25. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Murray Bruce
Individual · British · DOB 09/1948 · age 78
——board controlboard control01/03/2017

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
Incorporated2015-03-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

Braeriach Ann's Forest
Clovenstone
Kintore
Aberdeenshire
AB51 0YG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-26
Last: 2026-03-12

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BRUCE, Heather Catherine→
director · ~44y · appointed 2025-03-25
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Active
BRUCE, John Murray→
director · ~78y · appointed 2015-03-12
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Active
BRUCE, Niall Allan David→
director · ~44y · appointed 2015-03-12 · resigned 2016-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (24 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-22