BACK ROW PROPERTIES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC325329 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-12
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
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£113.9k
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.6y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
50 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.

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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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £113,914
Cash YoY
+3%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£18k
↑ 2.6% YoY
Net Worth
£114k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£23k£46k£68k£91k£114kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£113.9k£91.8k
Cash£17.9k£17.4k
Net assets£113.9k£91.8k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2024-03-18
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  4. 2023-03-24
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  5. 2023-01-28
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  6. 2023-01-28
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  7. 2022-08-22
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    MACDONALD, Alan Gillies resigned
    director
  8. 2022-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  12. 2019-04-03
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    mortgage · MR04
  13. 2019-04-03
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    Charge satisfied #1
  14. 2019-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-06-20
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2016-03-30
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2007-09-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  20. 2007-07-16
    ➕
    MCCONNELL, Stephen George appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-07-16
    ➕
    MCCONNELL, Stephen George appointed
    director
  22. 2007-07-16
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2007-07-16
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Alan Gillies appointed
    director
  24. 2007-07-16
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2007-06-12
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    Company incorporated
    As BACK ROW PROPERTIES LIMITED
  26. 2007-06-12
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2007-06-12
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

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 66. 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 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
Mr Stephen George Mcconnell
Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alan Gillies Macdonaldceased 22/08/2022· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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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
Incorporated2007-06-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

8 Balmuildy Road
Bishopbriggs
Glasgow
G64 3BS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-26
Last: 2025-06-12

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MCCONNELL, Stephen George→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCONNELL, Stephen George→
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-07-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-06-12 · resigned 2007-07-16
Resigned
MACDONALD, Alan Gillies→
director · ~78y · appointed 2007-07-16 · resigned 2022-08-22
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-06-12 · resigned 2007-07-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property28/09/200703/04/2019

Recent filings (50 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-19