C & P PROPERTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC334017 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-16
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£214.1k
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
51 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 £214,087
Net assets shrinking
Down £79,417 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£214k
↓ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£7k
↓ 62% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£59k£117k£176k£235k£294kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£214.1k£293.5k
Current assets£7.0k£18.3k
Net assets£214.1k£293.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-22
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  2. 2024-08-19
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  7. 2023-08-17
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  8. 2022-08-06
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  9. 2021-08-06
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  10. 2019-12-07
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  11. 2019-03-08
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  12. 2018-08-13
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  13. 2017-08-07
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  14. 2016-09-15
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  15. 2013-04-26
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    PATERSON, Elizabeth Maria appointed
    director
  16. 2010-08-11
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    ROBBIE, Gordon Graeme appointed
    director
  17. 2010-08-11
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    CRUICKSHANK, Angus William resigned
    secretary
  18. 2010-08-11
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    CRUICKSHANK, Angus William resigned
    director
  19. 2010-08-11
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    PATERSON, Raymond resigned
    director
  20. 2007-11-16
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    Company incorporated
    As C & P PROPERTIES LIMITED
  21. 2007-11-16
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    CRUICKSHANK, Angus William appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-11-16
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    CRUICKSHANK, Angus William appointed
    director
  23. 2007-11-16
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    PATERSON, Raymond appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

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 73 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 16 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gordon Graeme Robbie
Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Elizabeth Maria Paterson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1954 · age 72
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
Incorporated2007-11-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

42 Dudhope Crescent Road
Dundee
Angus
DD1 5RR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last: 2025-12-22

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

PATERSON, Elizabeth Maria→
director · ~72y · appointed 2013-04-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBBIE, Gordon Graeme→
director · ~73y · appointed 2010-08-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CRUICKSHANK, Angus William→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-16 · resigned 2010-08-11
Resigned
CRUICKSHANK, Angus William→
director · ~67y · appointed 2007-11-16 · resigned 2010-08-11
Resigned
PATERSON, Raymond→
director · ~82y · appointed 2007-11-16 · resigned 2010-08-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-22
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2025-12-08
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2025-08-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
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2024-08-19
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officers · CH01
2024-08-02
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officers · CH01
2024-08-02
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2024-08-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-03
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2023-08-17
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2022-11-21
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2022-08-06
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2021-12-22
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