DEEVALE INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC064747 · ltd · incorporated 1978-05-02
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£632.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
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
Property-backed borrower with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

9 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 47.3y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 47.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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
9 charges (9/9 with lender, 9/9 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
128 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
77/100Strong
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
77
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 £632,826
Cash YoY
-38%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£45k
↓ 38% YoY
Net Worth
£633k
↑ 1.3% YoY
Current Assets
£360k
↑ 166% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£127k£253k£380k£506k£633kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£847.5k£625.0k
Current assets£359.9k£135.2k
Cash£44.7k£71.7k
Debtors£315.2k£63.6k
Net assets£632.8k£625.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-27
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-06-27
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    Charge registered #10
    Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
  4. 2025-04-29
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  5. 2025-04-24
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    Charge registered #9
    Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
  6. 2024-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-17
    ➕
    CHRISTIE, Laura Campbell appointed
    secretary
  10. 2022-03-17
    ➖
    BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  11. 2022-03-17
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  12. 2022-03-17
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    officers · TM02
  13. 2022-03-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2022-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-01-21
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  16. 2021-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-10-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2019-10-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2019-10-15
    ➕
    HARPER, Paul Andrew Eden appointed
    director
  21. 2019-10-15
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    HARPER, Jonathan Barrie Nicholson resigned
    director
  22. 2019-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2015-02-04
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    Charge satisfied #8
  24. 2015-02-04
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    Charge satisfied #7
  25. 2015-02-04
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #6
  26. 2015-02-04
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #4
  27. 2015-01-27
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #5
  28. 2014-11-20
    ➕
    BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2014-11-20
    ➖
    LAURIE & CO resigned
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2012-10-31
    ➕
    HARPER, Jonathan Barrie Nicholson appointed
    director
  31. 2012-08-08
    ➖
    HARPER, Hugh Alexander Barrie resigned
    director
  32. 2007-07-01
    ➖
    H A B HARPER & COMPANY resigned
    corporate-secretary
  33. 2007-07-01
    ➕
    LAURIE & CO appointed
    corporate-secretary
  34. 1999-05-18
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    Charge satisfied #1
  35. 1995-08-31
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  36. 1995-08-09
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  37. 1988-02-28
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  38. 1988-02-28
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  39. 1988-01-28
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  40. 1988-01-15
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    Charge satisfied #2
  41. 1982-03-05
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  42. 1979-01-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation LTD
  43. 1978-05-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DEEVALE 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 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 48 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Vivienne Harper
Individual · British · DOB 09/1942 · age 84
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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8 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
Incorporated1978-05-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

17 North Anderson Drive
Aberdeen
AB15 6DZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

CHRISTIE, Laura Campbell→
secretary · appointed 2022-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARPER, Paul Andrew Eden→
director · ~48y · appointed 2019-10-15
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Active
HARPER, Vivienne→
director · ~84y
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Active
BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-11-20 · resigned 2022-03-17
Resigned
H A B HARPER & COMPANY→
corporate-secretary · resigned 2007-07-01
Resigned
LAURIE & CO→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-07-01 · resigned 2014-11-20
Resigned
HARPER, Hugh Alexander Barrie→
director · ~87y · resigned 2012-08-08
Resigned
HARPER, Jonathan Barrie Nicholson→
director · ~52y · appointed 2012-10-31 · resigned 2019-10-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

9
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:9 of 9 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Together Money
Together Commercial Finance Limited
A registered charge3 properties27/06/2025—
outstanding
Together Money
Together Commercial Finance Limited
A registered charge—24/04/2025—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property31/08/199504/02/2015
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property09/08/199504/02/2015
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property28/02/198804/02/2015
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Letter of offset1 property28/02/198827/01/2015
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property28/01/198804/02/2015
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property05/03/198215/01/1988
satisfied
Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation
Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation LTD
Standard security1 property26/01/197918/05/1999
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Recent filings (128 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-06-27
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-30
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-03-17
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-03-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-24