NORTH VENTURES PROPERTY LIMITED

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SC466348 · ltd · incorporated 2013-12-23
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£192.0k
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
Property-backed borrower with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · oldest 11.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
22 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
35 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
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £192,045
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,213 YoY
Cash YoY
+249%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£36k
↑ 249% YoY
Net Worth
£192k
↓ 1.6% YoY
Current Assets
£38k
↓ 74% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£39k£78k£117k£156k£195kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£192.0k£195.3k
Current assets£38.3k£145.9k
Cash£35.7k£10.2k
Debtors£2.6k£135.7k
Net assets£192.0k£195.3k

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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  2. 2024-09-25
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  3. 2023-11-07
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  4. 2022-12-23
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  5. 2021-12-24
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  6. 2020-10-16
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  7. 2019-11-06
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  8. 2018-11-05
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  9. 2017-11-20
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  10. 2017-08-22
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    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2017-08-22
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    Charge satisfied #4
  12. 2016-11-02
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-01-18
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  14. 2015-10-07
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  15. 2015-10-07
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  16. 2015-10-07
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  17. 2015-03-17
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2015-03-16
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2015-03-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2014-07-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2013-12-23
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    Company incorporated
    As NORTH VENTURES PROPERTY LIMITED
  22. 2013-12-23
    ➕
    DALGARNO, Denise Smith appointed
    director
  23. 2013-12-23
    ➕
    DALGARNO, Liam John appointed
    director
  24. 2013-12-23
    ➕
    DALGARNO, Robert Alexander appointed
    director
  25. 2013-12-23
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    DALGARNO, Sharon Louise 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 74 — 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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Denise Smith Dalgarno
Individual · British · DOB 06/1955 · age 71
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Liam John Dalgarno
Individual · British · DOB 01/1979 · age 47
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Robert Alexander Dalgarno
Individual · British · DOB 04/1952 · age 74
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Sharon Louise Dalgarno
Individual · British · DOB 01/1979 · age 47
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-12-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

40 Redwood Avenue
Milton Of Leys
Inverness
IV2 6HA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-23
Last: 2025-12-09

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

DALGARNO, Denise Smith→
director · ~71y · appointed 2013-12-23
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Active
DALGARNO, Liam John→
director · ~47y · appointed 2013-12-23
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Active
DALGARNO, Robert Alexander→
director · ~74y · appointed 2013-12-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DALGARNO, Sharon Louise→
director · ~47y · appointed 2013-12-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property17/03/2015—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property16/03/201522/08/2017
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—02/03/2015—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property28/07/2014—
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Recent filings (35 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-29