ELLISLAND PROPERTIES LIMITED
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Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 6.0y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsFinancials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £3.39M |
| Debtors | £2.07M |
| Net assets | £3.39M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-12-22➖WATERSON, Josephine resigneddirector
- 2023-08-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-04📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-01-04📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-01-04📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-11-30📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-11-30📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-11-29📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-11-29📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-11-29📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-11-29📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-06-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2013-01-23➖WATERSON, John resigneddirector
- 2002-04-18🏢Company incorporatedAs ELLISLAND PROPERTIES LIMITED
- 2002-04-18➕WATERSON, Paul Davide Coia appointedsecretary
- 2002-04-18➕WATERSON, Paul Davide Coia appointeddirector
- 2002-04-18➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-04-18➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-04-18➕WATERSON, John appointeddirector
- 2002-04-18➕WATERSON, Josephine appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Paul Davide Coia Waterson Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 26/06/2020 | — |