PENTLAND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC689250 · ltd · incorporated 2021-02-16
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 5.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£4
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.1y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
21 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
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£4
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1.7m
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£346k£691k£1.0m£1.4m£1.7mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£4£4
Current assets£1.73M£1.72M
Debtors£4£4
Net assets£4£4

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
4
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-03-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-03-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2026-03-01
    ➕
    MACLEAN, Patricia Agnes appointed
    director
  5. 2026-03-01
    ➕
    MACLEAN, Ross Alasdair appointed
    director
  6. 2026-03-01
    ➕
    PATRICK, Claire Allison appointed
    director
  7. 2025-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-12-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-02-01
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AAMD
  11. 2022-12-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2022-12-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  13. 2022-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-04-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2022-04-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2022-04-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2022-04-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2021-03-17
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  19. 2021-03-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Pentland Investments Limited (Company Number: SC031917)
  20. 2021-02-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As PENTLAND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
  21. 2021-02-16
    ➕
    MACLEAN, Archibald Donald appointed
    director
  22. 2021-02-16
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MACLEAN, Ross Alasdair (same surname) appointed 2026-03-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

Braemar Investments Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Braemar Investments Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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PENTLAND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
This company · SC689250

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
Braemar Investments Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares15/12/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Archibald Donald Macleanceased 15/12/2022· board control

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
Incorporated2021-02-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

C/O The Raeburn Hotel
112 Raeburn Place
Edinburgh
EH4 1HG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-01
Last: 2026-02-15

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

MACLEAN, Archibald Donald→
director · ~70y · appointed 2021-02-16
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Active
MACLEAN, Patricia Agnes→
director · ~66y · appointed 2026-03-01
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Active
MACLEAN, Ross Alasdair→
director · ~41y · appointed 2026-03-01
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Active
PATRICK, Claire Allison→
director · ~45y · appointed 2026-03-01
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Pentland Investments (Company Number: SC031917)
Pentland Investments Limited (Company Number: SC031917)
A registered charge1 property10/03/2021—
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Recent filings (21 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-23
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AAMD
2023-02-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-12-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-04-21