FAIR DEAL PROPERTIES (ABERDEEN) LTD

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SC346624 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-05
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£52.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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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
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed property with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -93% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.7y

30/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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 (1 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
61 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
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £52,025
Very low cash
Cash position: £51
Net assets shrinking
Down £8,162 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 93% YoY
Cash YoY
-93%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£51
↓ 93% YoY
Net Worth
£52k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
—
£0£12k£24k£36k£48k£60kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£199.9k£197.9k
Cash£51£755
Net assets£52.0k£60.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-03-29
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-26
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2021-01-26
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    Charge satisfied #3
  10. 2020-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-04
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    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2019-10-03
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  13. 2019-09-27
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Merchant Money LTD
  14. 2019-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-03-08
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-06-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2014-09-03
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    SUNDARAMOORTHY MOHAMED ABUBAKR, Umar Farook appointed
    director
  20. 2014-08-26
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    SUNDARAMOORTHY, Umar Farook resigned
    director
  21. 2014-08-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2011-08-01
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    GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2011-08-01
    ➖
    GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2011-07-31
    ➖
    GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2010-06-01
    ➖
    YASEEN, Sundara Moorthy Mohamed resigned
    director
  26. 2008-08-05
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    Company incorporated
    As FAIR DEAL PROPERTIES (ABERDEEN) LTD
  27. 2008-08-05
    ➕
    GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2008-08-05
    ➕
    SUNDARAMOORTHY, Umar Farook appointed
    director
  29. 2008-08-05
    ➕
    YASEEN, Sundara Moorthy Mohamed appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Umar Farook Sundaramoorthy Mohamed Abubakr
Individual · British · DOB 01/1975 · age 51
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/10/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-08-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

468a King Street
Aberdeen
AB24 3DE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-18
Last: 2026-03-04

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

SUNDARAMOORTHY MOHAMED ABUBAKR, Umar Farook→
director · ~51y · appointed 2014-09-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-08-05 · resigned 2011-07-31
Resigned
GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-08-01 · resigned 2011-08-01
Resigned
SUNDARAMOORTHY, Umar Farook→
director · ~51y · appointed 2008-08-05 · resigned 2014-08-26
Resigned
YASEEN, Sundara Moorthy Mohamed→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-08-05 · resigned 2010-06-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Merchant Money
Merchant Money LTD
A registered charge1 property27/09/201926/01/2021
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property28/06/2016—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—19/08/2014—
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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-30