ASPIDISTRA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC049804 · ltd · incorporated 1972-01-17

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.

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 52.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

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

Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 85). 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 · oldest 52.5y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 52.5 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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

110 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	300	300

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

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3 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

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2021-02-25
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2019-12-16
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JOHNSON, Daniel Guy resigned
director
2013-03-08
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Charge satisfied #3
2013-03-08
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Charge satisfied #2
2013-03-08
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Charge satisfied #1
2005-11-08
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JOHNSON, Benjamin Mark appointed
director
2005-11-08
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JOHNSON, Daniel Guy appointed
director
1992-07-13
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JOHNSON, Edward Yate resigned
director
1976-12-22
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1976-01-28
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1974-01-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1972-01-17
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Company incorporated
As ASPIDISTRA LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 54 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

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.

Group structure

Aspidistra Property Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Aspidistra Property Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ASPIDISTRA LIMITED

This company · SC049804

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Aspidistra Property Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1972-01-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

6 St. Colme Street

Edinburgh

EH3 6AD

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-14

Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

JOHNSON, Alison Frances→

secretary

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Active

JOHNSON, Alison Frances→

director · ~75y

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Active

JOHNSON, Benjamin Mark→

director · ~47y · appointed 2005-11-08

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Active

JOHNSON, John Christopher Herbert→

director · ~85y

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Active

JOHNSON, Daniel Guy→

director · ~49y · appointed 2005-11-08 · resigned 2016-05-20

Resigned

JOHNSON, Edward Yate→

director · ~82y · resigned 1992-07-13

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	22/12/1976	08/03/2013
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security standard security	1 property	28/01/1976	08/03/2013
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	16/01/1974	08/03/2013

Recent filings (110 total)

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2024-03-19

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2024-01-03

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2023-03-14

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2023-01-04

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2022-03-21

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2022-01-05

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2021-02-25

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2021-01-05

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2020-01-06

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2019-12-16

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