CANMORE PROPERTIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive

SC808447 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-26

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

5 filings

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30
Average employees	100

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand

2026-01-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-10
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address · AD01
2024-04-26
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Company incorporated
As CANMORE PROPERTIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
2024-04-26
➕
FERGUSON, Bruce Alexander appointed
director
2024-04-26
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FERGUSON, Grant appointed
director
2024-04-26
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FERGUSON, Steven appointed
director
2024-04-26
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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

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Grant Ferguson Individual · Scottish · DOB 12/1968 · age 58	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	26/04/2024

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

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Active · Property · KY postcode area

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A J W PROPERTIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→ SC254914 · est 2003	£631.0k £536.4k–£725.7k	—	£631.0k	—	22y	82	73y
BENTHEAD DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED→ SC123999 · est 1990	£469.5k £399.1k–£539.9k	—	£469.5k	—	36y	82	65y
ABBEYFORT HOLIDAYS LIMITED→ SC301687 · est 2006	£408.0k £346.8k–£469.2k	—	£408.0k	—	20y	83	61y
TAYLOR BROTHERS (PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT) LIMITED→ SC058985 · est 1975	£314.3k £267.2k–£361.5k	—	£314.3k	—	50y	83	79y
BRAEFIELD LIMITED→ SC158886 · est 1995	£276.5k £235.1k–£318.0k	—	£276.5k	—	30y	82	74y
MERLIN HOUSE LIMITED→ SC216220 · est 2001	£40.5k £34.4k–£46.6k	—	£40.5k	—	25y	83	64y
ARDCRAIG DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED→ SC177712 · est 1997	£8.2k £7.0k–£9.5k	—	£8.2k	—	28y	82	78y
STIRLING DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED→ SC200452 · est 1999	—	—	—	7	26y	87	61y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2024-04-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Torridon House

Torridon Lane

Rosyth

Fife

KY11 2EU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-09

Last: 2026-04-25

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

FERGUSON, Bruce Alexander→

director · ~82y · appointed 2024-04-26

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Active

FERGUSON, Grant→

director · ~58y · appointed 2024-04-26

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Active

FERGUSON, Steven→

director · ~56y · appointed 2024-04-26

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Active

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Recent filings (5 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-01-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-04-30

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-07-10

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2024-04-26