NORTHLANDS PROPERTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC195787 · ltd · incorporated 1999-04-29
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 26.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£214.5k
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
Strong opportunity: property-backed borrower with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 26.9y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
72 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 £214,477
Cash YoY
+1198%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£98k
↑ 1198% YoY
Net Worth
£214k
↑ 2.8% YoY
Current Assets
£99k
↑ 693% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£43k£86k£129k£172k£214kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£214.7k£208.8k
Current assets£99.1k£12.5k
Cash£97.7k£7.5k
Debtors£1.3k£5.0k
Net assets£214.5k£208.6k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-02-28
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  3. 2024-02-28
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  4. 2023-03-13
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  5. 2022-04-11
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-14
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2021-09-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Highland Council
  8. 2021-04-21
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    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2021-04-21
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    Charge satisfied #1
  10. 2021-03-16
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-20
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  12. 2019-02-26
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  13. 2018-02-28
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  14. 2017-02-27
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-05-24
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  16. 2016-02-29
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  17. 2015-06-16
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  18. 2015-02-26
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    accounts · AA
  19. 1999-07-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  20. 1999-04-29
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    Company incorporated
    As NORTHLANDS PROPERTIES LIMITED
  21. 1999-04-29
    ➕
    SHONA MARY appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 1999-04-29
    ➕
    SUTHERLAND, Graeme William appointed
    director
  23. 1999-04-29
    ➕
    SHONA MARY appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 1999-04-29
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1999-04-29
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Graham William Sutherland
Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/04/2017

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

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6 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
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-04-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Aspen House
Kincurdie
Rosemarkie
Ross Shire
IV10 8SJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-13
Last: 2025-04-29

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

SHONA MARY→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-04-29
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Active
SUTHERLAND, Graeme William→
director · ~59y · appointed 1999-04-29
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Active
SHONA MARY→
corporate-director · appointed 1999-04-29
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-04-29 · resigned 1999-04-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
The Highland Council
A registered charge2 properties28/09/2021—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property01/07/199921/04/2021
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Recent filings (72 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-04-11
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-10
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-02-20