CHRISTIE DEVELOPMENTS (ABERDEEN) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC061464 · ltd · incorporated 1977-01-10
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 48.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£444.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 78). 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 48.1y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 48.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (71/100)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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
107 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.
See pricing →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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £444,395
Net assets shrinking
Down £151,507 YoY
Cash YoY
+43%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£69k
↑ 43% YoY
Net Worth
£444k
↓ 25% YoY
Current Assets
£71k
↑ 40% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £446.8k | £598.7k |
| Current assets | £71.1k | £50.9k |
| Cash | £69.2k | £48.4k |
| Debtors | £2.0k | £2.5k |
| Net assets | £444.4k | £595.9k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-06📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-03-06📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-03-06🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2024-03-06🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2023-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-25📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2017-10-25🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2017-05-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2000-12-29➕CHRISTIE, Jane appointeddirector
- 1996-02-08➕CHRISTIE, Gordon appointeddirector
- 1992-05-01➖MCLAREN, Donald John resigneddirector
- 1991-11-25🔒Charge registered #3Lender: N G Bailey & Co LTD
- 1989-12-31➖MCGREGOR, George resigneddirector
- 1982-11-05🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1978-03-15🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1977-01-10🏢Company incorporatedAs CHRISTIE DEVELOPMENTS (ABERDEEN) LIMITED
Owner dependency
88/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CHRISTIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 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
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1977-01-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate
Registered office
44 Angusfield Avenue
Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
AB15 6AS
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-09
Last: 2025-11-25
Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)
Active
Active
CHRISTIE, Gordon→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 1996-02-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CHRISTIE, Jane→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2000-12-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCGREGOR, George→
Resigneddirector · ~92y · resigned 1989-12-31
MCLAREN, Donald John→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · resigned 1992-05-01
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | N G Bailey & Co N G Bailey & Co LTD | Standard security | 1 property | 25/11/1991 | 06/03/2024 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 05/11/1982 | 06/03/2024 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 15/03/1978 | 25/10/2017 |
Recent filings (107 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-19
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-03-06
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-26