TWEEDDALE COURT (EDINBURGH) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC074222 · ltd · incorporated 1981-03-18
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£774.9k
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -67% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

8 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 42.2y

30/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 42.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
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
106 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.

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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 £774,938
Net assets shrinking
Down £41,946 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 67% YoY
Cash YoY
-67%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£20k
↓ 67% YoY
Net Worth
£775k
↓ 5.1% YoY
Current Assets
£191k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£163k£327k£490k£654k£817kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£845.1k£887.1k
Current assets£191.0k£233.5k
Cash£20.0k£61.1k
Debtors£171.0k£172.4k
Net assets£774.9k£816.9k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-07
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  2. 2024-10-17
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  3. 2023-11-20
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  4. 2022-10-06
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  5. 2022-05-22
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  6. 2022-05-22
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    Charge satisfied #5
  7. 2022-04-22
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  8. 2022-04-22
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    Charge satisfied #4
  9. 2021-12-19
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  10. 2020-12-21
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  11. 2020-11-03
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  12. 2020-10-31
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    SCOTT-MONCRIEFF LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  13. 2019-12-19
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  14. 2018-12-04
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  15. 2018-01-05
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  16. 2017-01-13
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  17. 2016-05-12
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  18. 2016-05-12
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  19. 2016-05-01
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    SCOTT-MONCRIEFF LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2016-04-30
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    OGILVIE & COMPANY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2015-09-25
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    Charge satisfied #7
  22. 2010-04-22
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    Charge satisfied #8
  23. 2010-04-22
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    Charge satisfied #6
  24. 2004-09-30
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    OGILVIE & COMPANY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2004-09-30
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    SHAUN PRINGLE AND CO WS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2001-11-28
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  27. 1999-04-30
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  28. 1998-06-23
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  29. 1998-03-31
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    PEARSONS WS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  30. 1998-03-31
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    SHAUN PRINGLE AND CO WS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  31. 1994-09-01
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  32. 1989-08-18
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    Charge satisfied #3
  33. 1989-08-18
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    Charge satisfied #2
  34. 1986-07-21
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    Charge satisfied #1
  35. 1985-07-16
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  36. 1985-07-02
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Scottish Development Agency
  37. 1985-02-15
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  38. 1984-02-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  39. 1981-03-18
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    Company incorporated
    As TWEEDDALE COURT (EDINBURGH) LIMITED

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 45 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
Mr Robin Mackenzie Hodge
Individual · British · DOB 11/1953 · age 73
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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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
Incorporated1981-03-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

14 High Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1TE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

HODGE, Robin Mackenzie→
director · ~73y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OGILVIE & COMPANY LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-09-30 · resigned 2016-04-30
Resigned
PEARSONS WS→
corporate-secretary · resigned 1998-03-31
Resigned
SCOTT-MONCRIEFF LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2016-05-01 · resigned 2020-10-31
Resigned
SHAUN PRINGLE AND CO WS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1998-03-31 · resigned 2004-09-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

8
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:8 of 8 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property28/11/200122/04/2010
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property30/04/199925/09/2015
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property23/06/199822/04/2010
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property01/09/199422/05/2022
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property16/07/198522/04/2022
satisfied
Scottish Development Agency
Standard security1 property02/07/198518/08/1989
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property15/02/198518/08/1989
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property29/02/198421/07/1986

Recent filings (106 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-06
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-05-22
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-11-03