AMA PROPERTIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC274720 · ltd · incorporated 2004-10-14

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

—

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

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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, 3 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

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Average employees	100	100

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

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-08-20
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2024-08-26
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2023-07-07
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2023-06-15
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address · AD01
2022-08-05
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accounts · AA
2021-06-29
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accounts · AA
2020-07-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-04-29
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officers · TM01
2020-04-27
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MURRAY, Jennifer resigned
director
2019-07-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-07-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-07-04
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accounts · AA
2016-10-03
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officers · TM01
2016-09-30
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FAIRWEATHER, Alexander Forbes resigned
director
2016-07-29
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accounts · AA
2015-09-23
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annual-return · AR01
2015-09-19
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MURRAY, Jennifer resigned
secretary
2004-10-14
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Company incorporated
As AMA PROPERTIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
2004-10-14
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MURRAY, Allan Cameron appointed
director
2004-10-14
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MURRAY, Jennifer appointed
secretary
2004-10-14
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-10-14
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-10-14
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FAIRWEATHER, Alexander Forbes appointed
director
2004-10-14
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MURRAY, Jennifer appointed
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 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Allan Cameron Murray Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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.

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Similar companies

Active · Property · EH postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
LANDWARD SECURITIES (EDINBURGH) LIMITED→ SC052040 · est 1972	£3.62M £3.07M–£4.16M	—	£3.62M	—	53y	83	62y
TEAM SCOTLAND LTD.→ SC282486 · est 2005	£1.97M £1.67M–£2.26M	—	£1.97M	—	21y	83	63y
GATEWAY GLASGOW LTD→ SC219530 · est 2001	£1.34M £1.14M–£1.54M	—	£1.34M	—	25y	83	64y
PAMABER PROPERTIES LIMITED→ SC147392 · est 1993	£1.21M £1.03M–£1.39M	—	£1.21M	—	32y	83	78y
LYNE PROPERTIES (EDINBURGH) LIMITED→ SC028226 · est 1951	£1.12M £947.9k–£1.28M	—	£1.12M	—	75y	83	85y
SANTOSHI ENTERPRISE LIMITED→ SC251221 · est 2003	£669.9k £569.4k–£770.4k	—	£669.9k	—	23y	83	64y
FACTOTUM (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→ SC246244 · est 2003	£338.5k £287.7k–£389.2k	—	£338.5k	—	23y	83	74y
DREGHORN DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED→ SC319606 · est 2007	£194.4k £165.3k–£223.6k	—	£194.4k	—	19y	83	59y
REDS RELAX ENJOY DEVELOP LIMITED→ SC293103 · est 2005	£12.3k £10.4k–£14.1k	—	£12.3k	—	20y	83	60y
CLOCKWORK PROPERTIES LIMITED→ SC197325 · est 1999	—	£400.3k	—	200	27y	83	55y
JEDDERFIELD INVESTMENTS LIMITED→ SC502005 · est 2015	—	£19.5k	—	0	11y	83	69y
RETTIE & COMPANY LIMITED→ SC144330 · est 1993	—	—	—	179	33y	87	66y

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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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-10-14

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

3b Ormiston Terrace

Edinburgh

EH12 7SJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-03

Last: 2025-09-19

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

MURRAY, Allan Cameron→

director · ~68y · appointed 2004-10-14

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MURRAY, Jennifer→

secretary · appointed 2004-10-14 · resigned 2015-09-19

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-10-14 · resigned 2004-10-14

Resigned

FAIRWEATHER, Alexander Forbes→

director · ~62y · appointed 2004-10-14 · resigned 2016-09-30

Resigned

MURRAY, Jennifer→

director · ~63y · appointed 2004-10-14 · resigned 2020-04-27

Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-08-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-08-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-07-07

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-06-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-09-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-08-05

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-10-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-06-29

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-09-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-07-30

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2020-04-29

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2020-04-29