AMZ PROPERTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC268771 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-03

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 21.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£155.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

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 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

🏦

Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.9y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 21.9 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: medium (79/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

58 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £155,850

Net assets shrinking

Down £4,351 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£156k

↓ 2.7% YoY

Current Assets

£7k

↑ 74% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-04-05	2024-04-05
Total assets	£155.8k	£160.2k
Current assets	£7.3k	£4.2k
Net assets	£155.8k	£160.2k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-12-24
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-06
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-10
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-07
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-09
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-20
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-11-27
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-12-21
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-08
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-12-23
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-06-05
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-12-11
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-06-08
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2013-12-16
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2009-08-31
🔓
Charge satisfied #1
2009-07-10
🔒
Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2004-07-05
🔒
Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2004-06-03
🏢
Company incorporated
As AMZ PROPERTIES LIMITED
2004-06-03
➕
ZANRE, Michael Luigi Peter appointed
secretary
2004-06-03
➕
ZANRE, Alice Mary appointed
director
2004-06-03
➕
ZANRE, Michael Luigi Peter appointed
director
2004-06-03
➕
FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-06-03
➖
FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-06-03
➕
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-06-03
➖
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Alice Mary Zanre Individual · British · DOB 04/1950 · age 76	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	03/06/2016

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Property · AB postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
ROBERT WHITELAW (ABERDEEN) LIMITED→ SC053906 · est 1973	£4.84M £4.11M–£5.56M	—	£4.84M	—	52y	83	76y
OMATRON LIMITED→ SC278277 · est 2005	£1.85M £1.57M–£2.13M	—	£1.85M	—	21y	83	72y
BEN THOW LIMITED→ SC058084 · est 1975	£1.51M £1.29M–£1.74M	—	£1.51M	—	50y	82	69y
JACKAL PROPERTIES LIMITED→ SC228832 · est 2002	£1.29M £1.10M–£1.49M	—	£1.29M	—	24y	83	71y
ST. MALO HOUSE LIMITED→ SC285478 · est 2005	£1.20M £1.02M–£1.38M	—	£1.20M	—	20y	83	80y
F.G. BURNETT LIMITED→ SC202175 · est 1999	£1.01M £861.9k–£1.17M	—	£1.01M	—	26y	83	65y
ABBOTSHALL SERVICES LIMITED→ SC305853 · est 2006	£581.0k £493.8k–£668.1k	—	£581.0k	—	19y	82	68y
BANCHORY CAR CENTRE LTD.→ SC356740 · est 2009	£526.7k £447.7k–£605.7k	—	£526.7k	—	17y	82	71y
BOWDEN BUILDINGS LTD→ SC279331 · est 2005	£492.7k £418.8k–£566.6k	—	£492.7k	—	21y	82	62y
THISTLE STREET PROPERTIES LIMITED→ SC312791 · est 2006	£327.7k £278.5k–£376.8k	—	£327.7k	—	19y	83	61y
ART DECO CARRON RESTAURANT LTD.→ SC218207 · est 2001	£201.4k £171.2k–£231.6k	—	£201.4k	—	25y	82	62y
A.R.N. ENERGY LIMITED→ SC366947 · est 2009	£136.9k £116.4k–£157.4k	—	£136.9k	—	16y	83	69y

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

🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-06-03

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

27 Hillview Terrace

Cults

Aberdeen

AB15 9HJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-05

Last made up to: 2025-04-05

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-17

Last: 2025-06-03

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ZANRE, Michael Luigi Peter→

secretary · appointed 2004-06-03

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ZANRE, Alice Mary→

director · ~76y · appointed 2004-06-03

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ZANRE, Michael Luigi Peter→

director · ~79y · appointed 2004-06-03

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-06-03 · resigned 2004-06-03

Resigned

FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-06-03 · resigned 2004-06-03

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	Floating charge	1 property	10/07/2009	—
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Bond & floating charge	1 property	05/07/2004	31/08/2009

Click column headers to sort. Use filters above to narrow by status and lender.