SUMSLOWN SERVICE LIMITED

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SC327664 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-12

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

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Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	2	200

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

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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 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-01-08
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2007-10-08
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KHUSHI, Afzal appointed
secretary
2007-10-08
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KHUSHI, Afzal appointed
director
2007-10-08
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KHUSHI, Akmal appointed
director
2007-10-08
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MD SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2007-10-08
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MD DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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2007-07-12
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Company incorporated
As SUMSLOWN SERVICE LIMITED
2007-07-12
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MD SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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2007-07-12
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MD DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Afzal Khushi Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	12/07/2016
Mr Akmal Khushi Individual · British · DOB 08/1956 · age 70	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	12/07/2016

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

Incorporated2007-07-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

Vermont House 149 Vermont Street

Kinning Park

Glasgow

G41 1LU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-26

Last: 2025-07-12

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

KHUSHI, Afzal→

secretary · appointed 2007-10-08

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KHUSHI, Afzal→

director · ~71y · appointed 2007-10-08

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KHUSHI, Akmal→

director · ~70y · appointed 2007-10-08

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Active

MD SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-07-12 · resigned 2007-10-08

Resigned

MD DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-07-12 · resigned 2007-10-08

Resigned

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