DEE PROPERTY LIMITED

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SC234031 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-11
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£66.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 3 with DOB)
77
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
68 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
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £66,310

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£157k
Net Worth
£66k
Current Assets
£162k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£32k£65k£97k£130k£162kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£66.3k—
Current assets£162.1k—
Cash£157.1k—
Debtors£5.0k—
Net assets£66.3k—
Average employees—200

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-01-14
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    BUCHAN, Elena Imbang appointed
    director
  3. 2026-01-14
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    BUCHAN, Elena Imbang resigned
    director
  4. 2026-01-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-07-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-12-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-01-18
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-06-21
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  12. 2020-11-03
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-10-21
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  14. 2018-08-27
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  15. 2017-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-08-18
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2008-11-01
    ➕
    BUCHAN, Joseph Langskaill appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-11-01
    ➖
    MICHAEL J WALKER & CO resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2007-11-30
    ➖
    BUCHAN, Joseph Langskaill resigned
    secretary
  21. 2007-11-30
    ➕
    MICHAEL J WALKER & CO appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2006-04-10
    ➕
    BUCHAN, Joseph Langskaill appointed
    secretary
  23. 2006-04-10
    ➖
    BURNETT & REID resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2002-07-11
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    Company incorporated
    As DEE PROPERTY LIMITED
  25. 2002-07-11
    ➕
    BUCHAN, Joseph Langskaill appointed
    director
  26. 2002-07-11
    ➕
    BURNETT & REID appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2002-07-11
    ➕
    CLP SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2002-07-11
    ➖
    CLP SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2002-07-11
    ➕
    BUCHAN, Elena Imbang appointed
    director
  30. 2002-07-11
    ➕
    MMA NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2002-07-11
    ➖
    MMA NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    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 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 76 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.
  • 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 Joseph Langskaill Buchan
Individual · British · DOB 05/1950 · age 76
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Elena Imbang Buchan
Individual · British · DOB 01/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-07-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

5 Rubislaw Terrace
Aberdeen
AB10 1XE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-25
Last: 2025-07-11

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

BUCHAN, Joseph Langskaill→
secretary · appointed 2008-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUCHAN, Elena Imbang→
director · ~68y · appointed 2026-01-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUCHAN, Joseph Langskaill→
director · ~76y · appointed 2002-07-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUCHAN, Joseph Langskaill→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-10 · resigned 2007-11-30
Resigned
BURNETT & REID→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-07-11 · resigned 2006-04-10
Resigned
CLP SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-07-11 · resigned 2002-07-11
Resigned
MICHAEL J WALKER & CO→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-11-30 · resigned 2008-11-01
Resigned
BUCHAN, Elena Imbang→
director · ~68y · appointed 2002-07-11 · resigned 2026-01-14
Resigned
MMA NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-11 · resigned 2002-07-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-03