KNIGHT PROPERTY GROUP PLC

📉Decliningactive

SC064782 · plc · incorporated 1978-05-04

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

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£49.97M

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Property-backed borrower with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 7 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (77/100).

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Refinance opportunity

43 live charges · 7 lenders · oldest 37.5y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 37.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 7 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

43 charges (43/43 with lender, 43/43 with type)

Directors & officers

20 officers (7 active, 20 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

18 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

232 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £1,256,000

Strong revenue growth

Turnover up 124% YoY

Turnover YoY

+124%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Turnover	£49.97M	£22.31M
Gross profit	£9.79M	£7.62M
Operating profit	£4.83M	£5.59M
Profit before tax	£1.26M	£1.68M
Average employees	1900	2100

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (117 events)Click to expand

2025-09-29
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BARRACK, James Grieve appointed
director
2025-09-29
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officers · AP01
2025-09-26
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mortgage · MR04
2025-09-26
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Charge satisfied #32
2025-06-26
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accounts · AA
2025-06-19
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-06-19
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-06-19
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-06-19
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mortgage · MR04
2025-06-19
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Charge satisfied #39
2025-06-19
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Charge satisfied #23
2025-06-19
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Charge satisfied #14
2025-06-19
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Charge satisfied #13
2025-06-14
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mortgage · MR04
2025-06-14
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-06-14
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-06-14
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-06-14
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Charge satisfied #41
2025-06-14
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Charge satisfied #25
2025-06-14
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Charge satisfied #24
2025-06-14
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Charge satisfied #21
2024-10-25
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mortgage · MR04
2024-10-25
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Charge satisfied #17
2024-06-21
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accounts · AA
2023-09-28
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mortgage · MR04
2023-09-28
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Charge satisfied #38
2023-06-30
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mortgage · MR01
2023-06-29
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accounts · AA
2023-06-29
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Charge registered #44
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (As Security Agent)
2022-10-03
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officers · AP01
2022-10-01
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HESLOP, Stuart appointed
director
2022-08-01
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mortgage · MR04
2022-08-01
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Charge satisfied #10
2022-06-29
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accounts · AA
2022-06-07
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-06-07
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mortgage · MR04
2022-06-07
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Charge satisfied #19
2022-06-07
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Charge satisfied #18
2022-01-28
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Charge satisfied #36
2021-12-06
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MIDDLETON, Gordon appointed
secretary
2021-12-06
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BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2021-10-08
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Charge satisfied #12
2021-06-24
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Charge satisfied #33
2021-02-03
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Charge registered #43
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (As Security Agent)
2020-12-08
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Charge registered #42
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (As Security Agent)
2020-07-31
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Charge registered #41
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2020-06-24
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Charge satisfied #37
2020-01-13
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Charge registered #40
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2019-10-04
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Charge registered #39
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2019-05-09
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Charge registered #38
Lender: Natwest Markets PLC (As Security Agent)

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 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

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low

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.

18 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

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

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Knight Property Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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KNIGHT PROPERTY GROUP PLC

This company · SC064782

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
Knight Property Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	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

Typeplc

Incorporated1978-05-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

62 Queen's Road

Aberdeen

AB15 4YE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-04

Last: 2025-11-20