TIL ABERDEEN LIMITED

🚨Distressedactive

SC182443 · ltd · incorporated 1998-01-27

Investment thesis

Attractive distress candidate — real problems but workable structure.

Why interesting: Falling signals but no deal-breakers yet; room for negotiation and turnaround.

Why risky: Signals worsening; needs speed and capital discipline.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2024

Net worth

£-1.17M

book net assets

Opportunity

63/100

Worth a look

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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

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed property-backed borrower — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), bankability 47/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Asset purchase likely safer than share purchase given structural signals. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

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Refinance opportunity

9 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 24.9y

15/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 24.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

9 charges (9/9 with lender, 9/9 with type)

Directors & officers

14 officers (2 active, 14 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

117 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

63/100Worth a look

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £1,169,482

Very low cash

Cash position: £97

Cash draining

Cash down 98% YoY

Cash YoY

-98%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£97

↓ 98% YoY

Net Worth

-£1.2m

↑ 57% YoY

Current Assets

£22k

↑ 16% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-01-31	2023-01-31
Total assets	£-548.8k	£-2.10M
Current assets	£22.5k	£19.4k
Cash	£97	£5.4k
Debtors	£22.4k	£14.0k
Net assets	£-1.17M	£-2.72M

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

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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

• 2 gazette
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 dissolution

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (61 events)Click to expand

2026-01-31
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-01-17
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dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2025-12-30
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-10-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-19
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-04-18
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-10-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-17
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CHRISTIE, Laura Campbell appointed
secretary
2022-03-17
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BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2022-03-17
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-03-17
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-03-17
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-24
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change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2021-10-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-16
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-10-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-10-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-10-15
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HARPER, Paul Andrew Eden appointed
director
2019-10-15
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HARPER, Jonathan Barrie Nicholson resigned
director
2017-02-08
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Charge satisfied #9
2015-07-28
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Charge satisfied #6
2014-11-20
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BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2014-11-20
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LAURIE & CO resigned
corporate-secretary
2014-07-30
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DUNCAN, Kaye Irene resigned
director
2012-08-08
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HARPER, Hugh Alexander Barrie resigned
director
2007-07-01
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H A B HARPER & COMPANY resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-07-01
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LAURIE & CO appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-02-27
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HARPER, Paul Andrew Eden resigned
director
2005-04-11
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Charge registered #9
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2005-04-11
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Charge registered #8
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2005-04-05
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Charge satisfied #5
2005-04-05
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Charge satisfied #4
2005-04-05
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Charge satisfied #3
2005-03-31
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Charge registered #7
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2005-01-25
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DUNCAN, Kaye Irene appointed
director
2005-01-25
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HARPER, Jonathan Barrie Nicholson appointed
director
2005-01-25
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HARPER, Paul Andrew Eden appointed
director
2004-12-24
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Charge satisfied #2
2004-12-07
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Charge registered #6
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2004-02-11
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MAUGHAN, Francis William resigned
director
2002-01-18
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Charge satisfied #1
2002-01-14
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Nationwide Building Society
2002-01-08
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Nationwide Building Society
2001-12-19
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Nationwide Building Society
2001-08-13
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
2001-06-25
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MAUGHAN, Francis William appointed
director
2001-06-19
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC

Showing most recent 50 of 61 events

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 high · 1 med ·

Accounts overdue

high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2025-10-31

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.

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Paul Andrew Eden Harper Individual · British · DOB 09/1978 · age 48	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Jonathan Barrie Nicholson Harper Individual · British · DOB 04/1974 · age 52	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Kaye Irene Duncan Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1998-01-27

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

17 North Anderson Drive

Aberdeen

AB15 6DZ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2025-10-31OVERDUE

Last made up to: 2024-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-10

Last: 2026-01-27

Officers (2 active · 12 resigned)

CHRISTIE, Laura Campbell→

secretary · appointed 2022-03-17

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HARPER, Paul Andrew Eden→

director · ~48y · appointed 2019-10-15

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CHESSER, Alison Margaret Morag→

secretary · appointed 2001-01-15 · resigned 2001-06-01

Resigned

DUNCAN, Kaye Irene→

secretary · appointed 1998-01-27 · resigned 2001-01-15

Resigned

REID, Brian→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-01-27 · resigned 1998-01-27

Resigned

BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-11-20 · resigned 2022-03-17

Resigned

H A B HARPER & COMPANY→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-06-01 · resigned 2007-07-01

Resigned

LAURIE & CO→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-07-01 · resigned 2014-11-20

Resigned

DUNCAN, Kaye Irene→

director · ~57y · appointed 2005-01-25 · resigned 2014-07-30

Resigned

HARPER, Hugh Alexander Barrie→

director · ~87y · appointed 1998-01-27 · resigned 2012-08-08

Resigned

HARPER, Jonathan Barrie Nicholson→

director · ~52y · appointed 2005-01-25 · resigned 2019-10-15

Resigned

HARPER, Paul Andrew Eden→

director · ~48y · appointed 2005-01-25 · resigned 2006-02-27

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen→

nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1998-01-27 · resigned 1998-01-27

Resigned

MAUGHAN, Francis William→

director · ~80y · appointed 2001-06-25 · resigned 2004-02-11

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:9 of 9 shown

		Type	Properties
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	3 properties	11/04/2005	08/02/2017
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	11/04/2005	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	31/03/2005	—
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	07/12/2004	28/07/2015
satisfied	Nationwide Nationwide Building Society	Standard security	2 properties	14/01/2002	05/04/2005
satisfied	Nationwide Nationwide Building Society	Standard security	1 property	08/01/2002	05/04/2005
satisfied	Nationwide Nationwide Building Society	Bond & floating charge	1 property	19/12/2001	05/04/2005
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	13/08/2001	24/12/2004
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	19/06/2001	18/01/2002

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Recent filings (117 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2026-01-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-29

dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended

dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)

2026-01-17

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2025-12-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-10-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-10-28

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2023-04-19

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2023-04-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-04-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-10-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-17

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2022-03-17

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2022-03-17