D M & S PROPERTIES LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC295500 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-16
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 16.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£570.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
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
Property-backed borrower with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.0y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 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
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £570,388

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£570k
Current Assets
£149k
Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-01-31
Total assets£570.4k
Current assets£148.8k
Net assets£570.4k

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
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  16. 2010-06-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2008-03-31
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    EDGAR, Douglas appointed
    director
  18. 2008-03-31
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    BRENNAN, Anne resigned
    secretary
  19. 2008-03-31
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    BARR, Ian Jeffrey resigned
    director
  20. 2008-03-30
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    EDGAR, Marlene appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-03-30
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    EDGAR, Marlene appointed
    director
  22. 2007-02-05
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    BARR, Ian Jeffrey appointed
    director
  23. 2007-02-05
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    HAMILTON, James resigned
    director
  24. 2006-01-16
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    Company incorporated
    As D M & S PROPERTIES LTD.
  25. 2006-01-16
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    BRENNAN, Anne appointed
    secretary
  26. 2006-01-16
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
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  27. 2006-01-16
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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  28. 2006-01-16
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    HAMILTON, James appointed
    director
  29. 2006-01-16
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
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  30. 2006-01-16
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Douglas Edgar
Individual · British · DOB 05/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Marlene Edgar
Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2006-01-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

9 Glasgow Road
Paisley
Renfrewshire
PA1 3QS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-29
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-30
Last: 2026-01-16

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

EDGAR, Marlene→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-30
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Active
EDGAR, Douglas→
director · ~78y · appointed 2008-03-31
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Active
EDGAR, Marlene→
director · ~73y · appointed 2008-03-30
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Active
BRENNAN, Anne→
secretary · appointed 2006-01-16 · resigned 2008-03-31
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-01-16 · resigned 2006-01-16
Resigned
BARR, Ian Jeffrey→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-02-05 · resigned 2008-03-31
Resigned
HAMILTON, James→
director · ~76y · appointed 2006-01-16 · resigned 2007-02-05
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-01-16 · resigned 2006-01-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property14/06/2010—
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Recent filings (63 total)

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