LEYDEN INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC049347 · ltd · incorporated 1971-10-20
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 48.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Last 30 days

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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£1.81M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 48.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 48.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
94 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
79/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,811,863
Net assets shrinking
Down £134,094 YoY
Cash YoY
-9%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£470k
↓ 8.9% YoY
Net Worth
£1.8m
↓ 6.9% YoY
Current Assets
£1.6m
↓ 5.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£389k£778k£1.2m£1.6m£1.9mJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£1.81M£1.95M
Current assets£1.58M£1.68M
Cash£469.6k£515.3k
Debtors£511.3k£572.1k
Net assets£1.81M£1.95M

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

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1 signal 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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
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  8. 2019-12-19
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  9. 2019-11-19
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  10. 2019-11-19
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  11. 2019-09-14
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    ALEXANDER, Jack resigned
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  12. 2019-09-14
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    ALEXANDER, Jack resigned
    director
  13. 2018-09-26
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  14. 2017-09-05
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  15. 2016-08-16
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  16. 2015-11-16
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  17. 2015-09-18
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  18. 2013-08-30
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    ALEXANDER, Karen appointed
    director
  19. 2010-09-22
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 1995-11-29
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    FENWICK, Andrew James William resigned
    director
  21. 1978-01-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 1971-10-20
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    Company incorporated
    As LEYDEN INVESTMENTS LIMITED

Owner dependency

81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 83 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 13 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 55 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Roy Alexander
Individual · British · DOB 05/1943 · age 83
75–100%
—75-100% shares07/11/2016

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
Incorporated1971-10-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Caledonia House Evanton Drive
Thornliebank Industrial Estate
Glasgow
G46 8JT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last: 2025-10-17

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

ALEXANDER, Karen→
director · ~71y · appointed 2013-08-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALEXANDER, Roy→
director · ~83y
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Active
ALEXANDER, Jack→
secretary · resigned 2019-09-14
Resigned
ALEXANDER, Jack→
director · ~110y · resigned 2019-09-14
Resigned
FENWICK, Andrew James William→
director · ~97y · resigned 1995-11-29
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
Standard security1 property06/01/197822/09/2010

Recent filings (94 total)

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2026-02-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-07
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accounts · AA
2024-10-21
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accounts · AA
2024-03-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
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accounts · AA
2023-03-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
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accounts · AA
2022-02-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
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2020-11-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-19
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officers · TM01
2019-11-19