BALFOUR & MANSON PROPERTY LTD.

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SC041493 · ltd · incorporated 1964-12-17
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£401
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 61.1y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 61.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
13 officers (2 active, 13 linked, 10 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
111 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 £401

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£401
~ YoY
Current Assets
£786
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£157£314£472£629£786Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£10.4k£10.4k
Current assets£786£786
Net assets£401£401

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand
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  2. 2025-08-05
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  3. 2025-07-31
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    MOTION, Elaine Joyce resigned
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  4. 2024-07-30
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  5. 2024-02-14
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  6. 2023-08-02
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  7. 2023-02-03
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  8. 2023-01-27
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    ANGUS, Hugh Donald Walter resigned
    director
  9. 2022-08-01
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  10. 2021-02-24
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  11. 2020-12-09
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  12. 2020-12-09
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  13. 2019-08-09
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  14. 2018-06-25
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-12
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  16. 2017-01-04
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    MOTION, Elaine Joyce appointed
    director
  17. 2017-01-04
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    TYLER, Alfred James resigned
    director
  18. 2017-01-04
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  19. 2017-01-04
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  20. 2016-01-19
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    ANGUS, Hugh Donald Walter appointed
    director
  21. 2016-01-19
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    HODGE, John Maxwell resigned
    director
  22. 2012-01-25
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    DUNDAS, Nicola Jane resigned
    director
  23. 2011-12-07
    ➕
    DUNDAS, Nicola Jane appointed
    director
  24. 2011-11-01
    ➖
    RENNIE, Brenda Louise resigned
    director
  25. 2007-09-10
    ➕
    BALFOUR + MANSON LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2007-09-10
    ➖
    BALFOUR + MANSON resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 1999-10-31
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    ROBERTSON, Kenneth Stewart appointed
    director
  28. 1999-10-31
    ➖
    BALFOUR, William Harold St Clair resigned
    secretary
  29. 1999-10-31
    ➕
    BALFOUR + MANSON appointed
    corporate-secretary
  30. 1999-10-31
    ➖
    BALFOUR, Ian Leslie Shaw resigned
    director
  31. 1999-10-31
    ➖
    BALFOUR, William Harold St Clair resigned
    director
  32. 1999-10-31
    ➕
    HODGE, John Maxwell appointed
    director
  33. 1999-10-31
    ➕
    RENNIE, Brenda Louise appointed
    director
  34. 1999-10-31
    ➕
    TYLER, Alfred James appointed
    director
  35. 1994-11-01
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    HOUSTON, Ethel May resigned
    director
  36. 1992-09-30
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  37. 1972-01-26
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Provincial Building Society
  38. 1965-04-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Francis Edmund Balfour, S S C, 58 Frederick Street, Edinburgh, 2
  39. 1964-12-17
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    Company incorporated
    As BALFOUR & MANSON PROPERTY LTD.

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 61 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Balfour + Manson Llp is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Balfour + Manson Llp
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BALFOUR & MANSON PROPERTY LTD.
This company · SC041493

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
Balfour + Manson Llp
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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9 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.

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1964-12-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

58 Frederick Street
Edinburgh
EH2 1LS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (2 active · 11 resigned)

BALFOUR + MANSON LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-09-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTSON, Kenneth Stewart→
director · ~66y · appointed 1999-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BALFOUR, William Harold St Clair→
secretary · resigned 1999-10-31
Resigned
BALFOUR + MANSON→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-10-31 · resigned 2007-09-10
Resigned
ANGUS, Hugh Donald Walter→
director · ~64y · appointed 2016-01-19 · resigned 2023-01-27
Resigned
BALFOUR, Ian Leslie Shaw→
director · ~94y · resigned 1999-10-31
Resigned
BALFOUR, William Harold St Clair→
director · ~92y · resigned 1999-10-31
Resigned
DUNDAS, Nicola Jane→
director · ~63y · appointed 2011-12-07 · resigned 2012-01-25
Resigned
HODGE, John Maxwell→
director · ~76y · appointed 1999-10-31 · resigned 2016-01-19
Resigned
HOUSTON, Ethel May→
director · ~102y · resigned 1994-11-01
Resigned
MOTION, Elaine Joyce→
director · ~64y · appointed 2017-01-04 · resigned 2025-07-31
Resigned
RENNIE, Brenda Louise→
director · ~79y · appointed 1999-10-31 · resigned 2011-11-01
Resigned
TYLER, Alfred James→
director · ~75y · appointed 1999-10-31 · resigned 2017-01-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property30/09/1992—
outstanding
Provincial Building Society
Standard security1 property26/01/1972—
outstanding
Francis Edmund Balfour, S S C, 58 Frederick Street, Edinburgh, 2
Bond & disposition in security2 properties05/04/1965—
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Recent filings (111 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-10
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2021-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-09