CATHERINEFIELD PROPERTIES LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC388898 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-15
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
£86.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
41 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 £86,024

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£86k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£57k
↓ 33% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£17k£34k£52k£69k£86kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£143.8k£174.3k
Current assets£56.9k£85.0k
Net assets£86.0k£77.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-04-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2018-12-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2018-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-29
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    MAITLAND, Frederick James resigned
    director
  15. 2017-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-11-15
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    Company incorporated
    As CATHERINEFIELD PROPERTIES LTD
  18. 2010-11-15
    ➕
    WALKER, Emma Strathern appointed
    secretary
  19. 2010-11-15
    ➕
    MAITLAND, Adam Drummond appointed
    director
  20. 2010-11-15
    ➕
    MAITLAND, Jane Strathern appointed
    director
  21. 2010-11-15
    ➕
    WALKER, Emma Strathern appointed
    director
  22. 2010-11-15
    ➕
    MAITLAND, Frederick James 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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 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

83/100
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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
Mrs Emma Strathern Walker
Individual · British · DOB 03/1985 · age 41
25–50%
—25-50% shares14/04/2026
Mr Adam Drummond Maitland
Individual · British · DOB 07/1986 · age 40
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/11/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Emma Strathern Walkerceased 14/04/2026· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Frederick James Maitlandceased 29/12/2017· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2010-11-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Kirkland Of Rerrick
Dundrennan
Kirkcudbright
DG6 4QH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-08
Last: 2025-11-24

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

WALKER, Emma Strathern→
secretary · appointed 2010-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAITLAND, Adam Drummond→
director · ~40y · appointed 2010-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAITLAND, Jane Strathern→
director · ~71y · appointed 2010-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WALKER, Emma Strathern→
director · ~41y · appointed 2010-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAITLAND, Frederick James→
director · ~37y · appointed 2010-11-15 · resigned 2017-12-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-20