NEWTON PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD.

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SC224378 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-18

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£1.45M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Property-backed borrower with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 16.0y

15/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 16.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

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Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

14 officers (6 active, 14 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

108 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,446,073

Cash draining

Cash down 49% YoY

Cash YoY

-49%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.1m

↓ 49% YoY

Net Worth

£1.4m

↑ 83% YoY

Current Assets

£6.8m

↑ 27% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-28
Total assets	£6.04M	£4.31M
Current assets	£6.84M	£5.39M
Cash	£1.09M	£2.15M
Debtors	£5.75M	£3.24M
Net assets	£1.45M	£788.4k

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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand

2026-05-05
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officers · AP01
2026-03-22
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BROWN, Martin appointed
director
2025-11-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2024-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-02
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officers · AP01
2024-06-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-13
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LITTLEJOHN, Rachel Sarah appointed
director
2024-03-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-25
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GOLDIE, Vincent Alexander appointed
director
2024-03-20
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-03-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-01
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officers · TM01
2024-03-01
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officers · TM01
2024-02-29
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COWIE, William Donald resigned
director
2024-02-29
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WATT, Ross William resigned
director
2023-11-30
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accounts · AA
2023-11-10
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mortgage · MR01
2023-11-08
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money)
2023-08-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-07
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TRICKETT, Karen Anne resigned
director
2023-03-23
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-03-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-12-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
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officers · AP01
2022-11-24
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TRICKETT, Karen Anne appointed
director
2021-11-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
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HENDERSON, Martin James resigned
secretary
2016-08-01
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HENDERSON, Martin James appointed
secretary
2016-08-01
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MACDONALD, Derek Alexander resigned
secretary
2015-09-01
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WATT, Ross William appointed
director
2014-11-07
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O'NEILL, Kirsten Sian appointed
director
2014-11-07
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COWIE, William Donald appointed
director
2012-07-26
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Charge satisfied #1
2011-11-07
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2010-06-07
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2005-09-09
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MACDONALD, Derek Alexander appointed
secretary
2005-09-09
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O'NEILL, William Campbell resigned
secretary
2004-03-08
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MACDONALD, Derek Alexander appointed
director
2001-10-18
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Company incorporated
As NEWTON PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD.
2001-10-18
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O NEILL, Stephen Aloysius appointed
director
2001-10-18
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O'NEILL, William Campbell appointed
secretary
2001-10-18
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-10-18
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-10-18
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-10-18
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

Group structure

Senate Securities Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Senate Securities Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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NEWTON PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD.

This company · SC224378

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Senate Securities Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	29/02/2024

4 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Lorna Joyce Macdonaldceased 29/02/2024· significant influence
Mr Derek Mac Donaldceased 29/02/2024· 25-50% shares
Mr Stephen Aloysuis O'Neillceased 29/02/2024· 50-75% shares
Miss Kirsten Sian O'Neillceased 29/02/2024· significant influence

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2001-10-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

87 Port Dundas Road

Glasgow

G4 0HF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-15

Last: 2025-08-01