ABERFELDY INVESTMENTS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC565638 · ltd · incorporated 2017-05-11
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 6.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£41.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 6.9y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 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
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
25 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.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £41,705
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£42k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↑ 109% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £77.7k | £82.6k |
| Current assets | £4.4k | £2.1k |
| Net assets | £41.7k | £33.0k |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-08📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-10-08📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-10-08🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2024-10-08🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-30📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2023-05-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-05-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-05-29📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-07📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-06-06🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
- 2019-05-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-05-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC, a Company Incorporated Under the Companies Acts, (Registered Number 00947662)
- 2019-02-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-11🏢Company incorporatedAs ABERFELDY INVESTMENTS LIMITED
- 2017-05-11➕BALD, Stewart Morrison appointeddirector
- 2017-05-11➕MAUCHAN, Alan Charles appointeddirector
- 2017-05-11➕SMITH, Rhury Mcgarvey appointeddirector
- 2017-05-11📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Rhury Mcgarvey Smith Individual · British · DOB 03/1992 · age 34 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 11/05/2017 |
Mr Alan Charles Mauchan Individual · Scottish · DOB 11/1955 · age 71 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 11/05/2017 |
Mr Stewart Morrison Bald Individual · Scottish · DOB 12/1964 · age 62 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 11/05/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-05-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate
Registered office
12 Holmlea Road
Glasgow
G44 4AH
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-24
Last: 2025-05-10
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
BALD, Stewart Morrison→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2017-05-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MAUCHAN, Alan Charles→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2017-05-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SMITH, Rhury Mcgarvey→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2017-05-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 06/06/2019 | 08/10/2024 | |
| satisfied | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC, a Company Incorporated Under the Companies Acts, (Registered Number 00947662) | A registered charge | 1 property | 16/05/2019 | 08/10/2024 |
Recent filings (25 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-12
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-10-08
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-05-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-29
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-28