PAMABER PROPERTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC147392 · ltd · incorporated 1993-11-09
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 32.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£1.21M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
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 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 32.2y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 32.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
114 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,206,201
Cash YoY
+45%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£58k
↑ 45% YoY
Net Worth
£1.2m
↑ 1.3% YoY
Current Assets
£60k
↑ 33% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£241k£482k£724k£965k£1.2mApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£1.21M£1.19M
Current assets£59.7k£44.7k
Cash£58.2k£40.1k
Debtors£1.5k£4.6k
Net assets£1.21M£1.19M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
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Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-08
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  14. 2022-03-07
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    VERRILLO, Lynsey Abernethy, Mrs. resigned
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  15. 2022-03-07
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  16. 2021-11-30
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  17. 2021-01-26
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  18. 2020-01-27
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  19. 2019-09-09
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  20. 2016-02-25
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2012-03-16
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    ABERNETHY, Douglas Grieve appointed
    secretary
  22. 2012-03-16
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    PAULL & WILLIAMSONS LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2009-04-06
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    PAULL & WILLIAMSONS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2009-04-06
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    PAULL & WILLIAMSONS LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2001-05-06
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    ABERNETHY, Pamela Jane appointed
    director
  26. 1999-12-24
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    ABERNETHY, Douglas Grieve appointed
    director
  27. 1999-12-24
    ➕
    ABERNETHY, Kate appointed
    director
  28. 1999-12-24
    ➕
    ABERNETHY, Pamela, Dr appointed
    director
  29. 1999-12-24
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    MCNIVEN, Alan Ross resigned
    director
  30. 1999-12-24
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    MICHIE, John Charles Alexander resigned
    director
  31. 1999-12-24
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    VERRILLO, Lynsey Abernethy, Mrs. appointed
    director
  32. 1994-05-01
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    MICHIE, John Charles Alexander appointed
    director
  33. 1994-03-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  34. 1993-11-09
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    Company incorporated
    As PAMABER PROPERTIES LIMITED
  35. 1993-11-09
    ➕
    PAULL & WILLIAMSONS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  36. 1993-11-09
    ➕
    MCNIVEN, Alan Ross 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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1993-11-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

4 Circus Gardens
Edinburgh
Lothian
EH3 6TN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-05
Last: 2025-10-22

Officers (5 active · 5 resigned)

ABERNETHY, Douglas Grieve→
secretary · appointed 2012-03-16
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Active
ABERNETHY, Douglas Grieve→
director · ~78y · appointed 1999-12-24
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Active
ABERNETHY, Kate→
director · ~48y · appointed 1999-12-24
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Active
ABERNETHY, Pamela Jane→
director · ~43y · appointed 2001-05-06
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Active
ABERNETHY, Pamela, Dr→
director · ~76y · appointed 1999-12-24
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Active
PAULL & WILLIAMSONS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1993-11-09 · resigned 2009-04-06
Resigned
PAULL & WILLIAMSONS LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-04-06 · resigned 2012-03-16
Resigned
MCNIVEN, Alan Ross→
director · ~33y · appointed 1993-11-09 · resigned 1999-12-24
Resigned
MICHIE, John Charles Alexander→
director · ~86y · appointed 1994-05-01 · resigned 1999-12-24
Resigned
VERRILLO, Lynsey Abernethy, Mrs.→
director · ~45y · appointed 1999-12-24 · resigned 2022-03-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property01/03/199425/02/2016

Recent filings (114 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
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accounts · AA
2024-01-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2022-11-08
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