ESSESE PROPERTY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC313961 · ltd · incorporated 2006-12-29
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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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 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 19.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
52 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-01-10
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-05-02
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    HEGARTY, Brendan John Christopher appointed
    director
  7. 2024-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-01-21
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2013-02-05
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    Charge satisfied #3
  18. 2013-02-05
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    Charge satisfied #2
  19. 2013-02-05
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 2007-01-10
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  21. 2007-01-10
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  22. 2007-01-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  23. 2006-12-29
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    Company incorporated
    As ESSESE PROPERTY LIMITED
  24. 2006-12-29
    ➕
    AITKEN, Brian appointed
    secretary
  25. 2006-12-29
    ➕
    AITKEN, Brian appointed
    director
  26. 2006-12-29
    ➕
    CONNOLLY, Michael John appointed
    director
  27. 2006-12-29
    ➕
    HEGARTY, Gerard Patrick appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gerard Patrick Hegarty
Individual · British · DOB 10/1940 · age 86
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-12-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

3 Newmains Avenue
Inchinnan Business Park
Renfrew
PA4 9RR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-12
Last: 2025-12-29

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

AITKEN, Brian→
secretary · appointed 2006-12-29
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Active
AITKEN, Brian→
director · ~72y · appointed 2006-12-29
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Active
CONNOLLY, Michael John→
director · ~68y · appointed 2006-12-29
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Active
HEGARTY, Brendan John Christopher→
director · ~56y · appointed 2024-05-02
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Active
HEGARTY, Gerard Patrick→
director · ~86y · appointed 2006-12-29
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Legal charge1 property10/01/200705/02/2013
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Legal charge1 property10/01/200705/02/2013
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Floating charge1 property10/01/200705/02/2013

Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-29