M.I.A. (PROPERTIES) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC233583 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-02
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£51.0k
book net assets
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 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.8y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (85/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
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
59 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
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £51,044
Net assets shrinking
Down £18,503 YoY

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£51k
↓ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£14k
↓ 63% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£14k£28k£42k£56k£70kDec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£86.1k£106.6k£90.7k
Current assets£14.1k£37.7k£20.2k
Net assets£51.0k£69.5k£53.7k

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 (28 events)Click to expand
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  4. 2023-06-06
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  5. 2022-09-12
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  6. 2021-09-14
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  7. 2020-06-09
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  8. 2019-09-13
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  9. 2018-09-28
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  10. 2017-09-14
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  12. 2015-09-22
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  13. 2015-07-17
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  16. 2008-10-31
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    LEYLAND, James Thomas resigned
    secretary
  17. 2004-10-14
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    LEYLAND, James Thomas appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-09-30
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    JOHNSON, Ivor Gilbert resigned
    secretary
  19. 2004-09-30
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    JOHNSON, Angus resigned
    director
  20. 2004-09-30
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    JOHNSON, Ivor Gilbert resigned
    director
  21. 2003-07-30
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    LEYLAND, Martin Thomas appointed
    director
  22. 2002-08-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  23. 2002-07-02
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    Company incorporated
    As M.I.A. (PROPERTIES) LIMITED
  24. 2002-07-02
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    JOHNSON, Ivor Gilbert appointed
    secretary
  25. 2002-07-02
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-07-02
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
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  27. 2002-07-02
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    JOHNSON, Angus appointed
    director
  28. 2002-07-02
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    JOHNSON, Ivor Gilbert appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Martin Thomas Leyland
Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69
75–100%
—75-100% shares02/07/2016

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

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-07-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Habbigarth
Dunrossness
Shetland
ZE2 9JG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-16
Last: 2025-07-02

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

LEYLAND, Martin Thomas→
director · ~69y · appointed 2003-07-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHNSON, Ivor Gilbert→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-02 · resigned 2004-09-30
Resigned
LEYLAND, James Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2004-10-14 · resigned 2008-10-31
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-02 · resigned 2002-07-02
Resigned
JOHNSON, Angus→
director · ~70y · appointed 2002-07-02 · resigned 2004-09-30
Resigned
JOHNSON, Ivor Gilbert→
director · ~59y · appointed 2002-07-02 · resigned 2004-09-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property22/08/2002—
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Recent filings (59 total)

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2025-09-10
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2025-07-16
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2024-09-24
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2024-07-14
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2023-07-03
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2023-06-06
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2022-09-12
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2022-07-11
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2021-09-14
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2021-07-14
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2020-07-20
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2020-06-09
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2019-09-13
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2019-07-14