ISLA MINES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC046946 · ltd · incorporated 1969-10-03

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 49.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.43M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Buying and selling of own 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 (73/100, 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

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 49.7y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 49.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

21 officers (7 active, 21 linked, 16 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

18 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

146 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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 £1,428,357

Net assets shrinking

Down £225,464 YoY

Cash YoY

+2537%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£609k

↑ 2537% YoY

Net Worth

£1.4m

↓ 14% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Cash	£608.6k	£23.1k
Net assets	£1.43M	£1.65M

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 miscellaneous
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (56 events)Click to expand

2026-02-13
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legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2025-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-09-25
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Charge satisfied #4
2024-09-24
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GAMMELL, Jennifer Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2024-09-24
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GAMMELL, Patrick Robertson resigned
secretary
2024-09-24
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-09-24
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-09-24
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-15
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-02-15
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Charge satisfied #1
2023-02-06
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-10
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LEGGATE, Peter James Arthur resigned
director
2022-03-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-10
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-09-08
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GAMMELL, Rory Geoffrey appointed
director
2020-08-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-09-24
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GAMMELL, James Roderick resigned
director
2018-09-26
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GAMMELL, Deborah Jayne appointed
director
2018-09-26
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GAMMELL, Susannah Claire resigned
director
2012-03-14
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GAMMELL, Jennifer Elizabeth appointed
director
2012-03-14
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LEGGATE, Jennifer Susan resigned
director
2012-03-14
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LEGGATE, Peter James Arthur appointed
director
2011-10-04
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GAMMELL, James Roderick appointed
director
2011-06-01
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GAMMELL, Patrick Robertson appointed
secretary
2011-06-01
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GAMMELL, William Benjamin Bowring, Sir resigned
secretary
2009-08-20
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GAMMELL, Andrew John resigned
director
2009-08-20
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LEGGATE, Peter James Arthur resigned
director
2009-07-30
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GAMMELL, Patrick Robertson appointed
director
2009-07-30
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LEGGATE, Jennifer Susan appointed
director
2008-05-13
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GAMMELL, Susannah Claire appointed
director
2006-10-14
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Charge satisfied #3
2005-10-26
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GAMMELL, Matthew David Malcolm appointed
director
2003-01-28
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Charge registered #4
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2000-09-15
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Bellway Homes Limited
1993-07-01
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GAMMELL, William Benjamin Bowring, Sir appointed
director
1993-07-01
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GAMMELL, Andrew John appointed
director
1993-07-01
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GAMMELL, Geraldine Elizabeth resigned
director
1993-05-20
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GAMMELL, William Benjamin Bowring, Sir appointed
secretary
1993-05-20
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CASTLE CAIRN (FINANCIAL SERVICES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
1992-11-24
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GAMMELL, Geraldine Elizabeth appointed
director
1992-11-24
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GAMMELL, James Edward Bowring resigned
director
1992-11-24
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GAMMELL, William Benjamin Bowring, Sir resigned
director

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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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Sir William Benjamin Bowring Gammell Individual · British · DOB 12/1952 · age 74	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Peter Joshua Thomas Gammell Individual · British · DOB 01/1957 · age 69	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Robert Bryan Timmons Individual · British · DOB 10/1948 · age 78	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Peter James Arthur Leggateceased 10/03/2022· significant influence
Mr Andrew John Gammellceased 26/09/2018· significant influence

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1969-10-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

31 Ravelston Dykes

Edinburgh

EH12 6HG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-28

Last: 2025-06-14