ARC EDINBURGH LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC549552 · ltd · incorporated 2016-11-07
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 8.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueProperty-backed borrower. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.
Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 8.2y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-11📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-03-02🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2019-11-13📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-11-07🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2019-07-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-12📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-09-11🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
- 2018-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-13📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-02-09🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
- 2018-02-01📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-01-31🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
- 2016-11-07🏢Company incorporatedAs ARC EDINBURGH LIMITED
- 2016-11-07➕CHISTY, Abdullah Iftekhar appointeddirector
- 2016-11-07➕LEWIS, Anthony Scott appointeddirector
- 2016-11-07➕RIZVI, Mohammed appointeddirector
- 2016-11-07📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
1 low5 live charges
lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Anthony Scott Lewis Individual · British · DOB 01/1985 · age 41 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 07/11/2016 |
Mr Abdullah Iftekhar Chisty Individual · British · DOB 02/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 07/11/2016 |
Mr Mohammed Rizvi Individual · British · DOB 05/1989 · age 37 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 07/11/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-11-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate
Registered office
36 Monktonhall Terrace
Musselburgh
EH21 6ES
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-20
Last: 2025-11-06
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
CHISTY, Abdullah Iftekhar→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2016-11-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LEWIS, Anthony Scott→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2016-11-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RIZVI, Mohammed→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2016-11-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
5
Total charges
5
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/03/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 07/11/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | 4 properties | 11/09/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/02/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 31/01/2018 | — |
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Recent filings (24 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-17
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-03-11
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2019-11-13