UNITE PROPERTIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC308088 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-05
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
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 (77/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees100100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-03-13
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  3. 2023-09-13
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    address · AD01
  4. 2023-05-25
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  5. 2022-06-29
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  6. 2021-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  7. 2020-05-06
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  8. 2019-05-03
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-05-15
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-06-22
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-10-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2016-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-10-08
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  14. 2015-06-30
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-09-26
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2012-09-12
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    DAVIDSON, Lewis resigned
    secretary
  17. 2006-09-05
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    Company incorporated
    As UNITE PROPERTIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  18. 2006-09-05
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    HUBBLE, Elke appointed
    director
  19. 2006-09-05
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    DAVIDSON, Lewis appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-09-05
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-09-05
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-09-05
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2006-09-05
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Elke Hubble
Individual · German · DOB 05/1963 · age 63
75–100%
—75-100% shares05/09/2016

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
Incorporated2006-09-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

10 Ardross Street
Inverness
IV3 5NS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-19
Last: 2025-09-05

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

HUBBLE, Elke→
director · ~63y · appointed 2006-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIDSON, Lewis→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-05 · resigned 2012-09-12
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-09-05 · resigned 2006-09-05
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-09-05 · resigned 2006-09-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-10
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accounts · AA
2025-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-03