LONDON EDINBURGH PROPERTIES LTD

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SC676935 · ltd · incorporated 2020-10-07
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£460.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 41202Construction of domestic buildings
  • 55209Other holiday and other collective accommodation
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed construction with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -100% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 2.2y

10/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Newest facility, 2.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 4 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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £460,818
Very low cash
Cash position: £4
Net assets shrinking
Down £6,481 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 100% YoY
Cash YoY
-100%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4
↓ 100% YoY
Net Worth
£461k
↓ 1.4% YoY
Current Assets
£1.7m
↑ 77% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£347k£693k£1.0m£1.4m£1.7mOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£650.8k£657.3k
Current assets£1.73M£979.9k
Cash£4£4.2k
Debtors£512.9k£415.5k
Net assets£460.8k£467.3k

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-15
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  3. 2025-07-15
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2025-05-09
    THOMSON, Keanu James appointed
    director
  5. 2025-05-09
    THOMSON, Gordon Coutts resigned
    director
  6. 2025-05-09
    THOMSON, Maria Teresa resigned
    director
  7. 2025-05-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  8. 2025-05-09
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    officers · TM01
  9. 2025-05-09
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2025-05-09
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    officers · AP01
  11. 2025-01-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2024-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2024-07-03
    THOMSON, Keanu James appointed
    director
  14. 2024-07-03
    THOMSON, Keanu James resigned
    director
  15. 2024-07-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2024-02-16
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  17. 2024-02-15
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Downing LLP as Security Trustee (Crn: OC341575)
  18. 2024-02-13
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  19. 2024-02-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Downing LLP as Security Trustee (Crn: OC341575)
  20. 2023-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2023-07-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  22. 2023-07-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  23. 2023-07-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  24. 2022-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2021-07-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  26. 2020-10-07
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    Company incorporated
    As LONDON EDINBURGH PROPERTIES LTD
  27. 2020-10-07
    THOMSON, Gordon Coutts appointed
    director
  28. 2020-10-07
    THOMSON, Maria Teresa appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: THOMSON, Gordon Coutts resigned 2025-05-09; THOMSON, Maria Teresa resigned 2025-05-09

Group structure

London Edinburgh Luxe Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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London Edinburgh Luxe Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
LONDON EDINBURGH PROPERTIES LTD
This company · SC676935

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
London Edinburgh Luxe Ltd
Corporate entity
2550%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · firm interest01/11/2022
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Gordon Coutts Thomsonceased 31/10/2022· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Maria Teresa Thomsonceased 31/10/2022· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-10-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Gordonhall Farmhouse
Kingussie
Inverness-Shire
PH21 1NR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-26
Last: 2026-01-12

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

THOMSON, Keanu James
director · ~30y · appointed 2025-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMSON, Gordon Coutts
director · ~68y · appointed 2020-10-07 · resigned 2025-05-09
Resigned
THOMSON, Keanu James
director · ~30y · appointed 2024-07-03 · resigned 2024-07-03
Resigned
THOMSON, Maria Teresa
director · ~66y · appointed 2020-10-07 · resigned 2025-05-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Downing as Security Trustee (Crn: OC341575)
Downing LLP as Security Trustee (Crn: OC341575)
A registered charge1 property15/02/2024
outstanding
Downing as Security Trustee (Crn: OC341575)
Downing LLP as Security Trustee (Crn: OC341575)
A registered charge1 property12/02/2024
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Recent filings (26 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-28
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-07-15
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-07-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-05-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-03
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-02-16