SIGNATURE ENTERPRISES LIMITED

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SC251288 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-17
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£839.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
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 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
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, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
74 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
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £839,084

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£839k
↑ 6.0% YoY
Current Assets
£95k
↑ 95% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£168k£336k£503k£671k£839kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£1.41M£1.33M
Current assets£94.9k£48.7k
Net assets£839.1k£791.3k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
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  2. 2025-06-23
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  3. 2024-08-01
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    FORREST, Rory George appointed
    director
  4. 2024-08-01
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  5. 2024-07-30
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  6. 2023-07-31
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  7. 2022-07-29
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  8. 2021-07-27
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  9. 2020-08-26
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  10. 2019-07-30
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  11. 2018-07-20
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  12. 2018-06-27
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  13. 2018-06-26
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    WOOD, Garreth Rene Clark resigned
    director
  14. 2018-01-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  15. 2017-07-12
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  16. 2016-08-03
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  17. 2016-07-15
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  18. 2016-07-13
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    officers · CH01
  19. 2016-04-30
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    MCKENZIE, Lindsay Anne resigned
    secretary
  20. 2013-07-18
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    GOOD, Graham resigned
    secretary
  21. 2013-07-18
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    MCKENZIE, Lindsay Anne appointed
    secretary
  22. 2004-08-27
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    GOOD, Graham appointed
    secretary
  23. 2004-08-27
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    HISLOP, Mitchell resigned
    secretary
  24. 2003-07-08
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    GOOD, Graham appointed
    director
  25. 2003-07-08
    ➕
    WOOD, Nicholas John Macrae appointed
    director
  26. 2003-07-08
    ➕
    HISLOP, Mitchell appointed
    secretary
  27. 2003-07-08
    ➖
    P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2003-07-08
    ➕
    WOOD, Garreth Rene Clark appointed
    director
  29. 2003-07-08
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    P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2003-06-17
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    Company incorporated
    As SIGNATURE ENTERPRISES LIMITED
  31. 2003-06-17
    ➕
    P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2003-06-17
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    P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nicholas John Macrae Wood
Individual · British · DOB 12/1973 · age 53
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-06-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Blenheim House
Fountainhall Road
Aberdeen
AB15 4DT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-01
Last: 2025-06-17

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

FORREST, Rory George→
director · ~44y · appointed 2024-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOOD, Graham→
director · ~77y · appointed 2003-07-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOD, Nicholas John Macrae→
director · ~53y · appointed 2003-07-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOOD, Graham→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-27 · resigned 2013-07-18
Resigned
HISLOP, Mitchell→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-08 · resigned 2004-08-27
Resigned
MCKENZIE, Lindsay Anne→
secretary · appointed 2013-07-18 · resigned 2016-04-30
Resigned
P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-17 · resigned 2003-07-08
Resigned
WOOD, Garreth Rene Clark→
director · ~48y · appointed 2003-07-08 · resigned 2018-06-26
Resigned
P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-06-17 · resigned 2003-07-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2025-07-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-27
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accounts · AA
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-28
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accounts · AA
2020-08-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-25
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accounts · AA
2019-07-30