BLYTHS (PROPERTIES) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC028141 · ltd · incorporated 1951-01-30
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 45.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£678.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). 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 45.5y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 45.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
107 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
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
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 £678,330
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£241k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£678k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£247k
↑ 1.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£136k£271k£407k£543k£678kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£817.2k£813.8k
Current assets£246.9k£243.9k
Cash£241.3k£241.2k
Debtors£5.6k£2.7k
Net assets£678.3k£674.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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  2. 2024-12-19
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  3. 2023-12-20
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  4. 2022-12-22
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  5. 2021-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-08
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  8. 2020-02-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  9. 2020-02-27
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  10. 2020-02-27
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  11. 2020-02-27
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  12. 2019-12-20
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  13. 2019-03-15
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  14. 2019-03-15
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    capital · SH08
  15. 2019-03-15
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2018-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2001-06-12
    DUFF, Isobel Russell resigned
    director
  18. 1993-04-30
    DUFF, James Millar resigned
    director
  19. 1981-01-29
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 1980-10-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 1951-01-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLYTHS (PROPERTIES) LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

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 74 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 75 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.)

Group structure

Bd-Ab Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bd-Ab Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
BLYTHS (PROPERTIES) LIMITED
This company · SC028141

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
Bd-Ab Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting11/03/2019
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Bryan James Duffceased 11/03/2019· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Isobel Anne Brewsterceased 11/03/2019· 25-50% shares
  • Gartincaber Estate Limitedceased 11/03/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1951-01-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Unit 5 Gateway Business Park
Beancross Road
Grangemouth
Stirlingshire
FK3 8WX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-27
Last: 2026-02-13

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BREWSTER, Isobel Anne
secretary
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Active
BREWSTER, Isobel Anne
director · ~74y
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Active
DUFF, Bryan James
director · ~72y
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Active
DUFF, Isobel Russell
director · ~101y · resigned 2001-06-12
Resigned
DUFF, James Millar
director · ~102y · resigned 1993-04-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Mandate1 property17/10/198029/01/1981

Recent filings (107 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-02-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-27