JAMES MILNE & SONS (FUELS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC083208 · ltd · incorporated 1983-05-20
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 42.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£76.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Real estate agencies
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 42.1y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 42.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
119 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
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £76,498

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£76k
↑ 2.0% YoY
Current Assets
£48
↓ 63% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£15k£31k£46k£61k£76kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£83.3k£81.8k
Current assets£48£131
Net assets£76.5k£75.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
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  2. 2025-11-17
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  4. 2024-03-02
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  5. 2023-03-10
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  6. 2022-03-25
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  7. 2021-03-29
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  8. 2020-03-14
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  9. 2019-03-18
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  10. 2018-03-02
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  11. 2017-03-15
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  12. 2016-04-19
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  13. 2016-04-18
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  14. 2015-04-30
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  15. 2015-04-30
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  16. 2014-06-30
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    LC SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2009-12-09
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    LC SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2009-12-09
    ➖
    STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2008-05-08
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    STRONACHS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2008-05-08
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    STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 1999-02-19
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    BUCHAN, Derek Andrew appointed
    director
  22. 1999-02-19
    ➕
    BUCHAN, Paul James appointed
    director
  23. 1997-10-24
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    STEPHEN, John George Thomas resigned
    director
  24. 1990-06-01
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    BUCHAN, Isabella resigned
    director
  25. 1990-03-21
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    BUCHAN, June Rosalind appointed
    director
  26. 1984-04-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Phillips Petroleum Products LTD
  27. 1983-05-20
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    Company incorporated
    As JAMES MILNE & SONS (FUELS) 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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 36 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +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

90/100
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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 36 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Mcgarrol Buchan
Individual · British · DOB 04/1939 · age 87
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated1983-05-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68310 — Real estate agencies

Registered office

Broomfield House
Drumoak
Banchory
Kincardineshire
AB31 5EP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-18
Last: 2026-04-04

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

BUCHAN, Andrew Mcgarrol→
director · ~87y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUCHAN, Derek Andrew→
director · ~49y · appointed 1999-02-19
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Active
BUCHAN, June Rosalind→
director · ~78y · appointed 1990-03-21
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Active
BUCHAN, Paul James→
director · ~52y · appointed 1999-02-19
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Active
LC SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-12-09 · resigned 2014-06-30
Resigned
STRONACHS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · resigned 2008-05-08
Resigned
STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-05-08 · resigned 2009-12-09
Resigned
BUCHAN, Isabella→
director · resigned 1990-06-01
Resigned
STEPHEN, John George Thomas→
director · ~63y · resigned 1997-10-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Phillips Petroleum Products
Phillips Petroleum Products LTD
Floating charge1 property13/04/1984—
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Recent filings (119 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2020-03-14