SUNSHINE ON LEITH LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC199364 · ltd · incorporated 1999-09-01
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Real estate agencies
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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 0.3y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 0.3 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees2200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-22
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2026-01-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Scott Mitchell and Julia Margaret Mitchell
  3. 2026-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-05-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-05-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-05-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2023-04-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-03-01
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  11. 2023-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-05-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2008-01-25
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Julia Margaret appointed
    director
  19. 1999-09-09
    ➕
    LIDDIARD, Donald John Kendall appointed
    secretary
  20. 1999-09-09
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Scott appointed
    director
  21. 1999-09-09
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1999-09-09
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1999-09-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SUNSHINE ON LEITH LTD
  24. 1999-09-01
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1999-09-01
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 74 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 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Scott Mitchell
Individual · British · DOB 03/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/09/2016
Mrs Julia Margaret Mitchell
Individual · British · DOB 12/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-09-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68310 — Real estate agencies

Registered office

7 Wester Coates Gardens
Edinburgh
EH12 5LT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

LIDDIARD, Donald John Kendall→
secretary · appointed 1999-09-09
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Active
MITCHELL, Julia Margaret→
director · ~71y · appointed 2008-01-25
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Active
MITCHELL, Scott→
director · ~74y · appointed 1999-09-09
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-09-01 · resigned 1999-09-09
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-09-01 · resigned 1999-09-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Scott Mitchell and Julia Margaret Mitchell
A registered charge—21/01/2026—
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Recent filings (69 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-05-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-24
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-31