ALLANDALE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC664724 · ltd · incorporated 2020-06-19
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 Jun 2024
Net worth
£-945
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
19 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £945

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£945
Current Assets
£1.4m
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-06-30
Total assets£-945
Current assets£1.39M
Net assets£-945

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-07-05
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2025-05-27
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2024-07-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-11
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  9. 2021-09-07
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  10. 2020-06-29
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2020-06-26
    MANCLARK, James William Mckinnon appointed
    director
  12. 2020-06-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALLANDALE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
  13. 2020-06-19
    MILNE, Rory Michael Stuart appointed
    director
  14. 2020-06-19
    📄
    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 87 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Knowe Properties Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Knowe Properties Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ALLANDALE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
This company · SC664724

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Knowe Properties Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control19/06/2020

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
Incorporated2020-06-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

7 Hopetoun Crescent
Edinburgh
EH7 4AY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-25
Last: 2025-05-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MANCLARK, James William Mckinnon
director · ~87y · appointed 2020-06-26
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Active
MILNE, Rory Michael Stuart
director · ~61y · appointed 2020-06-19
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Active

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Recent filings (16 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-29
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-02
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-10
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-09-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-06-29