DRUMLISC PROPERTIES LTD
- · Oldest live charge 18.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 18.5y
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 18.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-312.4k | £-301.8k |
| Current assets | £156 | £156 |
| Net assets | £-316.8k | £-315.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
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Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-03📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2019-07-30📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2019-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-07📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2017-11-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-11-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-09-09📄dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspendeddissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
- 2017-08-01📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2014-11-05➕ANDERSON, Derek James appointedsecretary
- 2014-11-05➖BRADSHAW, Evelyn Dorothy resignedsecretary
- 2014-11-05➖BRADSHAW, Evelyn Dorothy resigneddirector
- 2014-11-05➖BRADSHAW, Ivan Richard resigneddirector
- 2007-12-14🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
- 2007-12-13🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
- 2007-11-15🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
- 2007-06-01➕ANDERSON, Florence Katherine appointeddirector
- 2007-06-01➕BRADSHAW, Evelyn Dorothy appointeddirector
- 2007-05-11🏢Company incorporatedAs DRUMLISC PROPERTIES LTD
- 2007-05-11➕ANDERSON, Derek James appointeddirector
- 2007-05-11➕BRADSHAW, Evelyn Dorothy appointedsecretary
- 2007-05-11➕KANE, Dorothy May appointedsecretary
- 2007-05-11➖KANE, Dorothy May resignedsecretary
- 2007-05-11➕BRADSHAW, Ivan Richard appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Florence Katherine Anderson Individual · British · DOB 04/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 07/04/2016 |
Mr Derek James Anderson Individual · British · DOB 04/1955 · age 71 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 07/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | NatWest Group Ulster Bank Limited | Mortgage or charge | 1 property | 14/12/2007 | — | |
| outstanding | NatWest Group Ulster Bank Limited | Mortgage or charge | 1 property | 13/12/2007 | — | |
| outstanding | NatWest Group Ulster Bank Limited | Debenture | 1 property | 15/11/2007 | — |