LADYSBRIDGE VILLAGE LIMITED

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SC262049 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-16
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 21.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 41201Construction of commercial buildings
  • 41202Construction of domestic buildings
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.5y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-26
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  4. 2024-02-22
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  5. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-04
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  7. 2023-12-01
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  8. 2023-11-27
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2022-11-14
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  10. 2022-11-14
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    Charge satisfied #3
  11. 2022-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-08-28
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  18. 2009-01-19
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  19. 2006-11-16
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    RAMSAY, Sarah Elizabeth appointed
    director
  20. 2004-11-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Scottish Ministers
  21. 2004-01-16
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    Company incorporated
    As LADYSBRIDGE VILLAGE LIMITED
  22. 2004-01-16
    ➕
    RAMSAY, Sarah Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  23. 2004-01-16
    ➕
    RENNIE, Alastair James appointed
    director
  24. 2004-01-16
    ➕
    WILSON, George Davidson appointed
    director
  25. 2004-01-16
    ➕
    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-01-16
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    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2004-01-16
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    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2004-01-16
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    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
Mr George Davidson Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 10/1951 · age 75
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
Incorporated2004-01-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Unit B
Inverboyndie Industrial Estate
Banff
AB45 2JJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-28
Last: 2025-08-14

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

RAMSAY, Sarah Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2004-01-16
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Active
RAMSAY, Sarah Elizabeth→
director · ~68y · appointed 2006-11-16
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Active
RENNIE, Alastair James→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-01-16
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Active
WILSON, George Davidson→
director · ~75y · appointed 2004-01-16
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Active
FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-01-16 · resigned 2004-01-16
Resigned
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-01-16 · resigned 2004-01-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Standard security1 property28/08/200914/11/2022
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property19/01/2009—
outstanding
The Scottish Ministers
Standard security1 property12/11/2004—
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Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-02-26
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-12-04
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-12-01
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-28