ANGUS ESTATES DOWRIEBURN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC245410 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-11

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£2.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate

Sector: Real estate

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
68320Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

20 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,449

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£2k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£25k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£2.4k	£2.4k
Current assets	£25.3k	£25.3k
Net assets	£2.4k	£2.4k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-01-26
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2023-02-13
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2022-03-02
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2021-04-28
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2020-01-16
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2019-01-31
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2018-01-25
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accounts · AA
2017-02-27
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accounts · AA
2016-05-31
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-02-08
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accounts · AA
2015-06-12
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annual-return · AR01
2015-02-03
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accounts · AA
2014-05-05
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annual-return · AR01
2014-05-05
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officers · CH01
2013-04-03
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1924 NOMINEES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2010-04-01
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MANCLARK, James William Mckinnon appointed
director
2010-04-01
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MILNE, Rory Michael Stuart appointed
director
2010-04-01
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LAIRD, Simon William David resigned
director
2007-05-01
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LAIRD, Simon William David appointed
director
2007-05-01
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1924 DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2003-03-11
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Company incorporated
As ANGUS ESTATES DOWRIEBURN LIMITED
2003-03-11
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1924 NOMINEES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2003-03-11
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1924 DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr James William Mackinnon Manclark Individual · British · DOB 11/1939 · age 87	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Incorporated2003-03-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

7 Hopetoun Crescent

Edinburgh

EH7 4AY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-14

Last: 2025-04-30

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MANCLARK, James William Mckinnon→

director · ~87y · appointed 2010-04-01

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Active

MILNE, Rory Michael Stuart→

director · ~61y · appointed 2010-04-01

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Active

1924 NOMINEES LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-03-11 · resigned 2013-04-03

Resigned

LAIRD, Simon William David→

director · ~60y · appointed 2007-05-01 · resigned 2010-04-01

Resigned

1924 DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2003-03-11 · resigned 2007-05-01

Resigned

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