BERRYHILL LETTINGS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC612906 · ltd · incorporated 2018-11-06
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£29.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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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
  • 68320Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, 3 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
14 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
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £29,008

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£29k
↑ 261% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↓ 37% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£6k£12k£17k£23k£29kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£29.0k£8.0k
Current assets£5.2k£8.2k
Net assets£29.0k£8.0k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-03-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-08-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-10-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2018-11-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BERRYHILL LETTINGS LTD
  8. 2018-11-06
    REID, Duncan Alexander appointed
    director
  9. 2018-11-06
    REID, Eilidh May Dryburgh appointed
    director
  10. 2018-11-06
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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 Eilidh May Dryburgh Reid
Individual · British · DOB 05/1973 · age 53
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/11/2018
Mr Duncan Alexander Reid
Individual · British · DOB 04/1969 · age 57
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/11/2018

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
Incorporated2018-11-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

28 Broad Street
Peterhead
AB42 1BY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-19
Last: 2025-11-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

REID, Duncan Alexander
director · ~57y · appointed 2018-11-06
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Active
REID, Eilidh May Dryburgh
director · ~53y · appointed 2018-11-06
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Active

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Recent filings (14 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-05
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2018-11-06