HIDALGO PROPERTIES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC164966 · ltd · incorporated 1996-04-16
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 29.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£1.09M
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
PursueProperty-backed borrower with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 6 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
12 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 29.9y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 29.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
12 charges (12/12 with lender, 12/12 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
106 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.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1,088,894
Net assets shrinking
Down £90,742 YoY
Cash YoY
+12%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£15k
↑ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£1.1m
↓ 7.7% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £15.2k | £13.7k |
| Net assets | £1.09M | £1.18M |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-25📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-04-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-04-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-04-25📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-04-10📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-02-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-14📄change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH04
- 2020-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2010-02-02🔓Charge satisfied #10
- 2010-02-02🔓Charge satisfied #9
- 2010-02-02🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2009-07-17🔒Charge registered #14Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2006-08-16🔒Charge registered #13Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2004-01-29🔓Charge satisfied #12
- 1998-12-08🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 1998-12-03🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 1998-11-18🔒Charge registered #12Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1998-02-09🔒Charge registered #11Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1998-01-28🔒Charge registered #10Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1997-07-29🔒Charge registered #9Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1997-06-03🔒Charge registered #8Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1997-04-24🔒Charge registered #7Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1996-10-18🔒Charge registered #6Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1996-09-30🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1996-09-16🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1996-05-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1996-04-16🏢Company incorporatedAs HIDALGO PROPERTIES LIMITED
- 1996-04-16➕JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE LLP appointedcorporate-secretary
- 1996-04-16➕DAWSON, Anthony James appointeddirector
- 1996-04-16➕PIRIE, Alan David appointeddirector
- 1996-04-16➕BONSQUARE NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 1996-04-16➖BONSQUARE NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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
1 med · 1 lowCharge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
6 live charges
lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Shareholders & ownership
4 active beneficial owners · fragmented| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Patricia Pirie Individual · British · DOB 05/1950 · age 76 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 19/02/2025 |
Mrs Alison Janet Dawson Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 19/02/2025 |
Mr Anthony James Dawson Individual · British · DOB 02/1952 · age 74 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Alan David Pirie Individual · British · DOB 12/1948 · age 78 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| LAIK DEVELOPMENTS LTD→ SC799971 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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| LATHERON PROPERTIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→ SC458800 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
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| LEZE SCOT PROPERTY LTD→ SC813330 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-04-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate
Registered office
1 East Craibstone Street
Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
AB11 6YQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last: 2026-04-16
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE LLP→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 1996-04-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DAWSON, Anthony James→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 1996-04-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PIRIE, Alan David→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 1996-04-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BONSQUARE NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 1996-04-16 · resigned 1996-04-16
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Mortgages & charges
12
Total charges
6
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:12 of 12 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 17/07/2009 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 16/08/2006 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 18/11/1998 | 29/01/2004 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 09/02/1998 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 28/01/1998 | 02/02/2010 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 29/07/1997 | 02/02/2010 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 03/06/1997 | 02/02/2010 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 24/04/1997 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 18/10/1996 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 30/09/1996 | 08/12/1998 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 16/09/1996 | 03/12/1998 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 28/05/1996 | — |
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Recent filings (106 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-04-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-25
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-25
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-20