CONNELL & MCFADDEN PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC485270 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-28
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£91.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43320Joinery installation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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 (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
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
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £91,437
Cash YoY
+26%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£128k
↑ 26% YoY
Net Worth
£91k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£128k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£26k£51k£77k£102k£128kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£142.3k£110.7k
Current assets£127.6k£101.3k
Cash£127.6k£101.3k
Debtors£2£2
Net assets£91.4k£81.9k

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
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-04-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2026-04-22
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-01
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-07-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-01-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2016-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-08-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CONNELL & MCFADDEN PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT LTD
  17. 2014-08-28
    ➕
    CONNELL, Steven appointed
    director
  18. 2014-08-28
    ➕
    MCFADDEN, Sean Thomas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CONNELL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Mr Sean Thomas Mcfadden
Individual · British · DOB 03/1979 · age 47
25–50%
—25-50% shares28/08/2016
Mr Steven Connell
Individual · British · DOB 08/1983 · age 43
25–50%
—25-50% shares28/08/2016

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
Incorporated2014-08-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

16 Roseburn Terrace
Edinburgh
EH12 6AW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-11
Last: 2025-08-28

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CONNELL, Steven→
director · ~33y · appointed 2014-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCFADDEN, Sean Thomas→
director · ~47y · appointed 2014-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (30 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-01