ARRANBAY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC228773 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-05
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 24.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
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
Property-backed borrower with a 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 91). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 24.0y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
67 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£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees1100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-20
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-02-19
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2024-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-20
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  7. 2022-01-23
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  8. 2021-03-08
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  9. 2020-01-17
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  10. 2019-01-28
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  11. 2018-03-02
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  12. 2017-03-20
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-10-22
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-06-23
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-07-01
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    BERESFORD, Mary appointed
    director
  17. 2010-05-30
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    BERESFORD, William resigned
    director
  18. 2002-08-30
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Glasgow Central Tenancies Limited
  19. 2002-04-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: William Beresford and John Beresford
  20. 2002-03-15
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    BERESFORD, John appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-03-15
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    BERESFORD, John appointed
    director
  22. 2002-03-15
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-03-15
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    BERESFORD, William appointed
    director
  24. 2002-03-15
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2002-03-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ARRANBAY LIMITED
  26. 2002-03-05
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2002-03-05
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — 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 91 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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.)

Group structure

Glasgow Central Tenancies Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Glasgow Central Tenancies Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ARRANBAY LIMITED
This company · SC228773

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Glasgow Central Tenancies Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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7 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
Incorporated2002-03-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Ref: Jpb
2 Carment Drive
Shawlands
Glasgow
G41 3PP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BERESFORD, John→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BERESFORD, John→
director · ~59y · appointed 2002-03-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BERESFORD, Mary→
director · ~91y · appointed 2011-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-03-05 · resigned 2002-03-15
Resigned
BERESFORD, William→
director · ~94y · appointed 2002-03-15 · resigned 2010-05-30
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-03-05 · resigned 2002-03-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Glasgow Central Tenancies
Glasgow Central Tenancies Limited
Floating charge1 property30/08/2002—
outstanding
William Beresford and John Beresford
Floating charge1 property22/04/2002—
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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-19
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-17