YOSEF CO. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC321046 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-13
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£86.5k
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
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 2 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
49 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
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £86,501

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£87k
↑ 4.9% YoY
Current Assets
£84k
↑ 4.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£17k£35k£52k£69k£87kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£363.2k£359.2k
Current assets£84.3k£80.5k
Net assets£86.5k£82.5k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2022-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2018-11-13
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-18
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  14. 2015-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-04-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2007-04-13
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    Company incorporated
    As YOSEF CO. LIMITED
  17. 2007-04-13
    ➕
    YOSEF, Hosney Mohammed, Dr appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-04-13
    ➕
    YOSEF, Hosney Mohammed, Dr appointed
    director
  19. 2007-04-13
    ➕
    YOSEF, Sheila appointed
    director
  20. 2007-04-13
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2007-04-13
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2007-04-13
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2007-04-13
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "YOSEF" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — 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 84 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 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Hosney Mohammed Yosef
Individual · British · DOB 08/1942 · age 84
25–50%
—25-50% shares13/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-04-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

35 Ballater Drive
Bearsden
Glasgow
G61 1BZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-12
Last: 2026-01-29

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

YOSEF, Hosney Mohammed, Dr→
secretary · appointed 2007-04-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YOSEF, Hosney Mohammed, Dr→
director · ~84y · appointed 2007-04-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YOSEF, Sheila→
director · ~72y · appointed 2007-04-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-04-13 · resigned 2007-04-13
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-04-13 · resigned 2007-04-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-09