JOHN MONTEITH PROPERTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC026060 · ltd · incorporated 1948-01-22
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.
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
106 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees400400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2023-09-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2023-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-08
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2021-04-08
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2021-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-08-24
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    MONTEITH, Isla Cathrene appointed
    director
  12. 2020-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-24
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    MONTEITH, Ian Cummings resigned
    director
  15. 2018-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2006-05-23
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    MONTEITH, Ian Cummings appointed
    secretary
  17. 2006-03-09
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    JONES, William Isaac Scott resigned
    secretary
  18. 1997-05-05
    ➖
    MONTEITH, John resigned
    director
  19. 1996-01-08
    ➖
    MONTEITH, William Laidlaw resigned
    director
  20. 1948-01-22
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    Company incorporated
    As JOHN MONTEITH PROPERTIES LIMITED

Owner dependency

96/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MONTEITH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 78 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Claire Catherine Elizabeth Copland
Individual · British · DOB 06/1974 · age 52
25–50%
—25-50% shares14/04/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Clair Catherine Elizabeth Coplandceased 25/09/2023· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1948-01-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Grannies Park
Edinburgh Road
Dalkeith
Midlothian
EH22 1JY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

MONTEITH, Ian Cummings→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MONTEITH, Isla Cathrene→
director · ~52y · appointed 2020-08-24
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Active
MONTEITH, John Douglas→
director · ~79y
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Active
JONES, William Isaac Scott→
secretary · resigned 2006-03-09
Resigned
MONTEITH, Ian Cummings→
director · ~80y · resigned 2018-08-24
Resigned
MONTEITH, John→
director · ~109y · resigned 1997-05-05
Resigned
MONTEITH, William Laidlaw→
director · ~111y · resigned 1996-01-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (106 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-15