MORGAN PROPERTIES SCOTLAND LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC518295 · ltd · incorporated 2015-10-20
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
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
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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  2. 2024-12-27
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-15
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  4. 2024-10-14
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  5. 2024-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-26
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  8. 2022-09-26
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  9. 2022-09-26
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    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-09-20
    WARDLAW, John Robert appointed
    director
  11. 2021-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-04-06
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  13. 2020-01-09
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  15. 2018-07-05
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  16. 2018-01-09
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-10-20
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    Company incorporated
    As MORGAN PROPERTIES SCOTLAND LTD
  19. 2015-10-20
    GRIER, Mark appointed
    director
  20. 2015-10-20
    STEWART, Hugh appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
The Stipis Limited Partnership
Corporate parent
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Taylor Homes Property Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
MORGAN PROPERTIES SCOTLAND LTD
This company · SC518295

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Taylor Homes Property Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25-50% shares06/04/2016
The Stipis Limited Partnership
Corporate entity
sig. influencesignificant influence31/03/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Coralinn Property Group Ltdceased 31/03/2024· 25-50% shares
  • The Stipis Limited Partnershipceased 28/02/2022· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2015-10-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Coralinn House
4 Royston Road
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 8AH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-02
Last: 2025-10-19

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

GRIER, Mark
director · ~61y · appointed 2015-10-20
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STEWART, Hugh
director · ~69y · appointed 2015-10-20
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Active
WARDLAW, John Robert
director · ~62y · appointed 2022-09-20
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Recent filings (28 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-10-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-09-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-09-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-11