CULLEN HOUSE GARDENS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC089719 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1984-09-19

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£20.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residents property management

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

52 officers (11 active, 52 linked, 48 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

10 active PSC(s) of 14 total, 14 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

206 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £20,067

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£21k

Net Worth

£20k

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31
Cash	£20.8k
Net assets	£20.1k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 2 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 officers
• 4 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (111 events)Click to expand

2026-04-20
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2026-04-15
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2026-04-15
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2026-04-15
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officers · CH01
2026-03-21
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NASH, Margaret Janet appointed
director
2026-02-17
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2026-02-17
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2026-02-17
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2025-10-13
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officers · TM01
2025-10-01
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IRVING, Juliet Phillida resigned
director
2025-07-14
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officers · CH01
2025-07-14
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2025-03-25
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2024-05-03
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2024-05-03
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address · AD01
2024-04-22
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accounts · AA
2023-07-28
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2023-07-28
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2023-07-28
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2023-07-28
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2023-07-25
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2023-07-25
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2022-03-19
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RUIZ, Maria Henar Alonso appointed
director
2021-10-27
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GONZALEZ, Maria Luisa Ruiz resigned
director
2021-03-20
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BRYCE, Jacqueline Anne appointed
director
2019-11-15
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COX, David resigned
director
2019-11-15
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IRVING, Juliet Phillida appointed
director
2019-03-23
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RENNIE, Jean Ann, Dr resigned
director
2018-03-24
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CRAVEN, Joanna-Louise Marie, Dr appointed
director
2017-03-18
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FLEMING, William Stuart, Dr resigned
director
2016-03-12
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SMITH, George Alexander appointed
director
2016-03-12
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RENNIE, Jean Ann, Dr appointed
director
2015-09-17
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MACKINNON, Gaille resigned
director
2015-03-21
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SHEARER, Rachael Mary appointed
director
2015-03-21
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PAINE, Stanley Maurice resigned
director
2015-03-21
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STEELE, Nancy resigned
director
2014-03-15
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STEELE, Nancy appointed
director
2014-03-15
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STEELE, Peter John resigned
director
2012-10-01
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BURNETT & REID LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2012-09-30
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BURNETT & REID resigned
corporate-secretary
2011-03-19
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BROACKES-CARTER, Nancy Ellen appointed
director
2011-03-19
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SHEARER, Colin Gordon Forrest appointed
director
2011-03-19
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BROACKES-CARTER, Richard Bernard Frederick resigned
director
2011-03-19
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COURTMAN, Ronald resigned
director
2011-03-19
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GONZALEZ, Maria Luisa Ruiz appointed
director
2011-03-19
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RENNIE, Iain Alexander Gauld resigned
director
2011-03-19
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STEELE, Peter John appointed
director
2009-03-20
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HESS, Gerhard resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 111 events

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

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

10 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Margaret Janet Nash Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	21/03/2026
Maria Henar Alonso Ruiz Individual · Spanish · DOB 01/1980 · age 46	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	19/03/2022
Ms Jacqueline Anne Bryce Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	20/03/2021
Dr Joanna-Louise Marie Craven Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	24/03/2018
Mrs Nancy Ellen Broackes-Carter Individual · British · DOB 04/1940 · age 86	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	12/04/2016
Mr George Alexander Smith Individual · British · DOB 01/1969 · age 57	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Ms Eliane Regula Schleiffer Individual · Swiss · DOB 01/1951 · age 75	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Colin Gordon Forrest Shearer Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr John Laird Watson Individual · British · DOB 08/1951 · age 75	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Ms Rachael Mary Shearer Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

4 historic (ceased) PSCs

Juliet Phillida Irvingceased 01/10/2025· significant influence
Maria Luisa Ruiz Alonsoceased 27/10/2021· significant influence
David Coxceased 15/11/2019· significant influence
William Stuart Flemingceased 18/03/2017· significant influence

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1984-09-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Suite A

1 Albyn Place

Aberdeen

AB10 1BR

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-30

Last: 2025-07-16