FIRHOLM PROPERTY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC495157 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-15
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£154.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
30 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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £154,551
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£155k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£80k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £501.7k | £523.6k |
| Current assets | £80.0k | £100.0k |
| Net assets | £154.6k | £121.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-01-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-01-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-05📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AAMD
- 2018-02-05📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2017-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2016-12-26➖ARNSTRONG, Stuart John resigneddirector
- 2015-01-15🏢Company incorporatedAs FIRHOLM PROPERTY LIMITED
- 2015-01-15➕ARMSTRONG, John Waugh appointeddirector
- 2015-01-15➕FYVIE, Susan Elaine appointeddirector
- 2015-01-15➕WALKINSHAW, Elinor Murray appointeddirector
- 2015-01-15➕ARNSTRONG, Stuart John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
65/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr John Waugh Armstrong Individual · British · DOB 04/1948 · age 78 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Susan Elaine Fyvie Individual · British · DOB 11/1975 · age 51 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-01-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate
Registered office
2 Boghall Avenue
Biggar
ML12 6JL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-18
Last: 2026-01-04
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
ARMSTRONG, John Waugh→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 2015-01-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FYVIE, Susan Elaine→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2015-01-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WALKINSHAW, Elinor Murray→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2015-01-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ARNSTRONG, Stuart John→
Resigneddirector · ~49y · appointed 2015-01-15 · resigned 2016-12-26
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Recent filings (30 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-16