PALACE PROPERTIES LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC132725 · ltd · incorporated 1991-07-01

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£164.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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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 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

83 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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £164,874

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£165k

↑ 6.5% YoY

Current Assets

£131k

↓ 3.0% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-04-05	2024-04-05
Total assets	£165.7k	£156.2k
Current assets	£131.1k	£135.1k
Net assets	£164.9k	£154.8k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-12-09
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2024-11-14
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2024-01-05
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2022-11-15
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accounts · AA
2021-11-19
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2020-12-15
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2019-12-05
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2018-12-03
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2017-12-05
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2016-12-08
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2015-12-03
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2015-07-26
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2014-12-15
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2014-07-28
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2009-08-01
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RILEY, Nicholas Richard appointed
director
2002-12-23
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RILEY, Christopher Paul appointed
director
2002-12-23
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RILEY, Karen Jane appointed
director
1998-02-19
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FALLON, Robert Duncan resigned
director
1995-01-30
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RILEY, Paul John appointed
director
1993-08-17
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FALLON, Robert Duncan appointed
director
1993-08-17
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RILEY, Paul John resigned
director
1991-07-01
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Company incorporated
As PALACE PROPERTIES LTD.
1991-07-01
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FALLON, Robert Duncan appointed
secretary
1991-07-01
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RILEY, Janice Syme appointed
director
1991-07-01
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RILEY, Paul John appointed
director

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Janice Syme Riley Individual · British · DOB 07/1950 · age 76	—	—	board controlboard control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1991-07-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

8 Pirniefield Terrace

Edinburgh

Midlothian

EH6 7PW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-05

Last made up to: 2025-04-05

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-11

Last: 2025-07-28

Officers (6 active · 2 resigned)

FALLON, Robert Duncan→

secretary · appointed 1991-07-01

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Active

RILEY, Christopher Paul→

director · ~45y · appointed 2002-12-23

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Active

RILEY, Janice Syme→

director · ~76y · appointed 1991-07-01

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Active

RILEY, Karen Jane→

director · ~46y · appointed 2002-12-23

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Active

RILEY, Nicholas Richard→

director · ~40y · appointed 2009-08-01

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Active

RILEY, Paul John→

director · ~75y · appointed 1995-01-30

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Active

FALLON, Robert Duncan→

director · ~62y · appointed 1993-08-17 · resigned 1998-02-19

Resigned

RILEY, Paul John→

director · ~75y · appointed 1991-07-01 · resigned 1993-08-17

Resigned

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