AJ RENTALS (SCOTLAND) LTD.

🏛️Establishedactive
SC535025 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-10
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
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£6.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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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 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
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
24 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.

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Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £6,838

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£7k
↑ 149% YoY
Current Assets
£21k
↓ 6.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£5k£9k£14k£18k£23kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£16.9k£15.5k
Current assets£21.0k£22.6k
Net assets£6.8k£2.7k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2020-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-06-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2017-06-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2016-05-12
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2016-05-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AJ RENTALS (SCOTLAND) LTD.
  15. 2016-05-10
    ➕
    DRYBURGH, Kay Aitken appointed
    director
  16. 2016-05-10
    ➕
    TRAVERS, Margaret Ann appointed
    director
  17. 2016-05-10
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mrs Kay Aitken Dryburgh
Individual · British · DOB 01/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/05/2017
Mrs Margaret Ann Travers
Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/05/2017

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
Incorporated2016-05-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Lomond House South Street
Inchinnan
Renfrew
PA4 9RJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DRYBURGH, Kay Aitken→
director · ~69y · appointed 2016-05-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TRAVERS, Margaret Ann→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-05-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (24 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-23