TREND PROPERTIES AND INTERIORS LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC440630 · ltd · incorporated 2013-01-18
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£174.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
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
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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.

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Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £174,340
Cash YoY
+7%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£10k
↑ 6.8% YoY
Net Worth
£174k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£45k
↑ 1.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£35k£70k£105k£139k£174kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£175.4k£154.9k
Current assets£45.4k£44.7k
Cash£10.0k£9.4k
Debtors£35.3k£35.3k
Net assets£174.3k£153.6k

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 (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-19
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  8. 2020-10-21
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  9. 2020-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-17
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2019-08-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2019-07-31
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    RIDDOCH, Jeffrey James resigned
    director
  13. 2019-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-01-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2018-08-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2018-08-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2018-08-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2018-08-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2013-01-18
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    Company incorporated
    As TREND PROPERTIES AND INTERIORS LTD
  20. 2013-01-18
    ➕
    CRAWFORD, Julia appointed
    director
  21. 2013-01-18
    ➕
    RIDDOCH, Jeffrey James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Julia Crawford
Individual · British · DOB 01/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Jeffrey James Riddochceased 31/07/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2013-01-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Birch House Main Street
Ardler
Blairgowrie
Perthshire
PH12 8SR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-04
Last: 2025-08-21

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

CRAWFORD, Julia→
director · ~66y · appointed 2013-01-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RIDDOCH, Jeffrey James→
director · ~69y · appointed 2013-01-18 · resigned 2019-07-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-20
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2021-04-19
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2020-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-26