BIRNIEHILL PROPERTIES LIMITED

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SC059087 · ltd · incorporated 1975-12-10
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
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 36.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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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 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 36.6y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 36.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
102 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-19
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  2. 2025-08-18
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  3. 2025-08-18
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    Charge satisfied #2
  4. 2024-08-16
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  5. 2023-09-28
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  6. 2022-09-27
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  7. 2021-09-24
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  8. 2020-09-22
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  9. 2020-02-27
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  10. 2020-02-27
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    Charge satisfied #1
  11. 2019-09-09
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  12. 2018-08-16
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  13. 2017-09-23
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  14. 2016-09-02
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  15. 2015-11-25
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  16. 2015-08-28
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  17. 2014-11-25
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  18. 2008-12-08
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2005-10-24
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    MAGUIRE, John resigned
    director
  20. 2000-12-31
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    MAGUIRE, Ian appointed
    secretary
  21. 2000-12-31
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    MAGUIRE, Ewan appointed
    director
  22. 2000-12-31
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    MAGUIRE, Ian appointed
    director
  23. 2000-12-31
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    MONCUR, James resigned
    secretary
  24. 2000-12-31
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    MAGUIRE, Agnes resigned
    director
  25. 2000-12-31
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    MAGUIRE, Mary resigned
    director
  26. 2000-12-31
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    MAGUIRE, Mary resigned
    director
  27. 2000-12-31
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    MAGUIRE, Peter resigned
    director
  28. 2000-12-31
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    MONCUR, Agnes O'Connor resigned
    director
  29. 2000-12-31
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    MONCUR, James resigned
    director
  30. 1989-12-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  31. 1975-12-10
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    Company incorporated
    As BIRNIEHILL PROPERTIES LIMITED

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 51 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Maguire
Individual · British · DOB 07/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated1975-12-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Birniehill Whiteside
Whitburn Rd
Bathgate
West Lothian
EH48 2HR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last: 2025-11-13

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

MAGUIRE, Ian→
secretary · appointed 2000-12-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAGUIRE, Ewan→
director · ~53y · appointed 2000-12-31
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Active
MAGUIRE, Ian→
director · ~64y · appointed 2000-12-31
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Active
MONCUR, James→
secretary · resigned 2000-12-31
Resigned
MAGUIRE, Agnes→
director · ~84y · resigned 2000-12-31
Resigned
MAGUIRE, John→
director · ~91y · resigned 2005-10-24
Resigned
MAGUIRE, Mary→
director · ~82y · resigned 2000-12-31
Resigned
MAGUIRE, Mary→
director · ~88y · resigned 2000-12-31
Resigned
MAGUIRE, Peter→
director · ~84y · resigned 2000-12-31
Resigned
MONCUR, Agnes O'Connor→
director · ~89y · resigned 2000-12-31
Resigned
MONCUR, James→
director · ~91y · resigned 2000-12-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
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Outstanding
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Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property08/12/200818/08/2025
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property21/12/198927/02/2020

Recent filings (102 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-19
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-22
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-25