ORKNEY ISLANDS PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC132049 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1991-05-29

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£4.37M

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). Asset purchase likely safer than share purchase given structural signals. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).

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Refinance opportunity

16 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 32.8y

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 32.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 55/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

Lenders & charges

16 charges (16/16 with lender, 16/16 with type)

Directors & officers

34 officers (8 active, 34 linked, 30 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

170 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

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

Positive net assets

Net assets £4,367,503

Cash YoY

+41%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£171k

↑ 41% YoY

Net Worth

£4.4m

↑ 21% YoY

Current Assets

£797k

↑ 525% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£6.02M	£4.42M
Current assets	£797.5k	£127.6k
Cash	£170.9k	£121.1k
Debtors	£626.6k	£6.5k
Net assets	£4.37M	£3.62M

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (102 events)Click to expand

2025-10-22
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accounts · AA
2025-02-28
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officers · AP01
2025-02-27
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TULLOCK, David Robert appointed
director
2024-08-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-03
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officers · AP01
2023-02-28
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CAMPBELL, Marion Jane Mason appointed
director
2022-10-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
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officers · TM01
2022-08-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-26
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RICHARDS, John Thomas resigned
director
2022-08-26
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SUTHERLAND, Kathleen Ann resigned
director
2022-07-04
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officers · AP01
2022-06-30
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HORROBIN, Robert appointed
director
2022-04-21
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officers · AP01
2022-04-07
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KEMP, Ray appointed
director
2021-11-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-08
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STOUT, William resigned
director
2021-07-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-07-01
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MOORE, Anne Park resigned
director
2020-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-08-04
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address · AD01
2018-09-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2018-09-03
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STOUT, William appointed
director
2018-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-06-12
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JOHNSON, Arthur Keith resigned
director
2018-02-12
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WALLS, Dennis John resigned
director
2017-12-07
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MURRAY, John Fraser appointed
director
2015-09-08
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RICHARDS, John Thomas appointed
director
2015-08-01
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WHITTON, Anne Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2015-08-01
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ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL resigned
corporate-secretary
2015-07-21
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SCOTT, Peter Norman resigned
director
2012-08-21
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DULIEU, Melvyn resigned
director
2012-07-03
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MCGINN, Andrew Ronald appointed
director
2011-05-17
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MOORE, Anne Park appointed
director
2011-04-21
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Charge registered #17
Lender: The Scottish Ministers
2011-03-30
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DULIEU, Melvyn appointed
director
2011-03-02
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CAMPBELL, Norma Mary resigned
director
2011-02-18
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Charge satisfied #13
2011-02-18
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Charge satisfied #10
2011-02-18
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Charge satisfied #9
2011-02-18
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Charge satisfied #3
2011-02-18
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Charge satisfied #1
2011-02-12
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Charge satisfied #2
2011-02-11
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Charge registered #16
Lender: Orkney Islands Council
2010-12-09
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Charge registered #15
Lender: Orkney Islands Counicl
2010-09-07
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ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL appointed
corporate-secretary
2010-07-30
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WATERSON, Gareth Owen resigned
secretary

Showing most recent 50 of 102 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

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 16 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.

9 live charges

low

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

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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

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1991-05-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

4 Gunn's Close

Kirkwall

Orkney

KW15 1DU

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last: 2025-05-17