BRORA PROPERTIES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC262296 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-22

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£71.9k

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 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

68 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 £71,890

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£72k

↑ 11% YoY

Current Assets

£24k

↑ 53% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£71.9k	£64.7k
Current assets	£24.1k	£15.8k
Net assets	£71.9k	£64.7k

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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-09-25
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2024-09-26
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2023-09-14
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2022-08-29
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2021-08-23
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2020-08-06
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2019-07-31
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2018-07-10
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accounts · AA
2018-05-02
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officers · TM01
2018-05-02
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officers · TM02
2018-05-02
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2018-03-12
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SUTHERLAND, Elizabeth Gall resigned
secretary
2018-03-12
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SUTHERLAND, Elizabeth Gall resigned
director
2017-05-13
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accounts · AA
2016-03-23
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accounts · AA
2016-02-10
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2004-02-03
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SUTHERLAND, Iain Murray appointed
director
2004-02-03
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SUTHERLAND, Elizabeth Gall appointed
secretary
2004-02-03
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-02-03
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SUTHERLAND, Elizabeth Gall appointed
director
2004-02-03
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2004-01-22
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Company incorporated
As BRORA PROPERTIES LIMITED
2004-01-22
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-01-22
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Iain Murray Sutherland Individual · British · DOB 05/1944 · age 82	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Elizabeth Gall Sutherlandceased 12/03/2018· 50-75% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-01-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Station Square

Brora

KW9 6QJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-27

Last: 2026-01-13

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

SUTHERLAND, Iain Murray→

director · ~82y · appointed 2004-02-03

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SUTHERLAND, Elizabeth Gall→

secretary · appointed 2004-02-03 · resigned 2018-03-12

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-01-22 · resigned 2004-02-03

Resigned

SUTHERLAND, Elizabeth Gall→

director · ~84y · appointed 2004-02-03 · resigned 2018-03-12

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-01-22 · resigned 2004-02-03

Resigned

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