PADDOCKHALL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC408011 · ltd · incorporated 2011-09-22

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

—

year to Jan 2026

Net worth

£11.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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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

Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 77). 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

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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

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

31 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

78/100Strong

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

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £11,672

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£12k

↑ 11% YoY

Current Assets

£13k

↓ 64% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2026-01-31	2025-01-31
Total assets	£11.7k	£10.5k
Current assets	£13.0k	£36.0k
Net assets	£11.7k	£10.5k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

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• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-05-17
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2025-04-15
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2024-04-19
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2023-04-20
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2022-10-19
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2021-10-28
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2020-10-23
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2019-07-10
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2018-09-12
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2017-06-10
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2016-11-04
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2016-06-30
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2015-12-10
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2015-10-06
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2011-09-22
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Company incorporated
As PADDOCKHALL LIMITED
2011-09-22
➕
MARTIN, John Thomas Meldrum appointed
director
2011-09-22
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MARTIN, Ruth appointed
director

Owner dependency

86/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

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 77 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 15 years.
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
Mrs Ruth Martin Individual · British · DOB 09/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr John Thomas Meldrum Martin Individual · British · DOB 01/1949 · age 77	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2011-09-22

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

South Lodge

Muirhouses

Bo'Ness

West Lothian

EH51 9SS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-10-31

Last made up to: 2026-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-23

Last: 2025-09-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MARTIN, John Thomas Meldrum→

director · ~77y · appointed 2011-09-22

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Active

MARTIN, Ruth→

director · ~72y · appointed 2011-09-22

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (31 total)

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2026-05-17

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-04-15

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-01

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accounts · AA

2024-04-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-04-20

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accounts · AA

2022-10-19

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-09-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-10-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-10-11

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accounts · AA

2020-10-23

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-09-29

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-10-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2019-07-10