SOLWAY PROPERTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC065445 · ltd · incorporated 1978-07-21
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 45.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 87). 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 45.8y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 45.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · 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, 3 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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
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
Cash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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
2
filings
  • • 2 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 2 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-01
    ➕
    KERR, Charmaine appointed
    director
  3. 2026-04-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-06-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-25
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2021-06-25
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    Charge satisfied #1
  10. 2021-04-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2019-05-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-09-30
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2011-09-22
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    Charge satisfied #2
  19. 2000-06-06
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 1980-07-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  21. 1978-07-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SOLWAY PROPERTIES LIMITED

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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr George Robert Wylie
Individual · British · DOB 03/1939 · age 87
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1978-07-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

Bluebell Inn
10 High Street
Annan
Dumfriesshire
DG12 6AG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-30
Last: 2025-08-16

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

WYLIE, Josephine→
secretary
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Active
KERR, Charmaine→
director · ~62y · appointed 2026-04-01
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Active
WYLIE, George Robert→
director · ~87y
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Active
WYLIE, Josephine→
director · ~83y
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property06/06/200022/09/2011
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property02/07/198025/06/2021

Recent filings (98 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-27
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-15