MAITLAND PROPERTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC429406 · ltd · incorporated 2012-07-31
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 11.1y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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 (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Average employees00

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-02
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2025-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-06-24
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2024-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-15
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  10. 2021-04-06
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  11. 2019-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-30
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  13. 2018-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-06-26
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  15. 2017-08-05
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  16. 2017-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-04-08
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2015-04-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2015-04-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2012-07-31
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    Company incorporated
    As MAITLAND PROPERTIES LIMITED
  21. 2012-07-31
    ➕
    WOOD, Jennifer appointed
    secretary
  22. 2012-07-31
    ➕
    WOOD, Christopher James appointed
    director
  23. 2012-07-31
    ➕
    WOOD, James Mitchell appointed
    director
  24. 2012-07-31
    ➕
    WOOD, Jennifer appointed
    director
  25. 2012-07-31
    ➕
    WOOD, Sulie Jane appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jennifer Wood
Individual · British · DOB 02/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr James Mitchell Wood
Individual · British · DOB 09/1946 · age 80
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-07-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

1 Bridge View
North Queensferry
Fife
KY11 1LF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

WOOD, Jennifer→
secretary · appointed 2012-07-31
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Active
WOOD, Christopher James→
director · ~47y · appointed 2012-07-31
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Active
WOOD, James Mitchell→
director · ~80y · appointed 2012-07-31
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Active
WOOD, Jennifer→
director · ~78y · appointed 2012-07-31
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Active
WOOD, Sulie Jane→
director · ~46y · appointed 2012-07-31
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property08/04/2016—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property02/04/2015—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property02/04/2015—
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Recent filings (37 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-12
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-20
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-04-15
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-04-06