SUTHERLAND MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC496429 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-30
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.
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (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: 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees300300

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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  3. 2023-12-14
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-11
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-27
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    address · AD01
  6. 2022-03-29
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-01
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-24
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-18
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-27
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-11-01
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    accounts · AA01
  12. 2016-10-26
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  13. 2016-04-05
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-01-30
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    Company incorporated
    As SUTHERLAND MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  15. 2015-01-30
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    SUTHERLAND, Andrew Fraser appointed
    director
  16. 2015-01-30
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    SUTHERLAND, Stewart Mcdonald appointed
    director
  17. 2015-01-30
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    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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
  • +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 "SUTHERLAND" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stewart Mcdonald Sutherland
Individual · British · DOB 04/1980 · age 46
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-01-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

14 Links Place
Edinburgh
EH6 7EZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-13
Last: 2026-01-30

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SUTHERLAND, Andrew Fraser→
director · ~49y · appointed 2015-01-30
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SUTHERLAND, Stewart Mcdonald→
director · ~46y · appointed 2015-01-30
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Active

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Recent filings (24 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-12
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accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-24