RED25 PROPERTIES LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC236046 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-28
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 13.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£196.5k
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 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 13.6y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
58 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.

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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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £196,500
Cash YoY
-9%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£35k
↓ 9.0% YoY
Net Worth
£197k
↑ 46% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£39k£79k£118k£157k£197kAug 2023Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£202.3k£140.5k£125.3k
Cash£34.8k£38.3k£27.5k
Net assets£196.5k£134.8k£119.6k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
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  2. 2026-01-16
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  3. 2025-05-28
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  4. 2024-05-30
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  7. 2022-05-24
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  8. 2021-03-19
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  9. 2020-03-19
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  10. 2019-05-29
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  11. 2018-04-18
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  12. 2017-05-22
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  13. 2016-05-17
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  14. 2015-09-02
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  15. 2015-05-22
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  16. 2013-04-16
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Elvira Hughes
  17. 2012-11-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Elvira Hughes
  18. 2002-08-28
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    Company incorporated
    As RED25 PROPERTIES LTD
  19. 2002-08-28
    ➕
    HUGHES, Elvira appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-08-28
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    HUGHES, Elvira appointed
    director
  21. 2002-08-28
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    HUGHES, Michael appointed
    director
  22. 2002-08-28
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-08-28
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 65 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Director Michale Hughes
Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest01/08/2016

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
Incorporated2002-08-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Anchor One Studio 16, 1st Floor
7 Thread Street
Paisley
PA1 1JR
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-30
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-11
Last: 2025-08-28

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

HUGHES, Elvira→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-28
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Active
HUGHES, Elvira→
director · ~54y · appointed 2002-08-28
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Active
HUGHES, Michael→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-08-28
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-28 · resigned 2002-08-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Elvira Hughes
A registered charge1 property16/04/2013—
outstanding
Elvira Hughes
Standard security1 property21/11/2012—
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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-19