REDESDALE DEVELOPMENTS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC519964 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-11
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£78.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
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
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £78,610
Cash YoY
+11%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£137k
↑ 11% YoY
Net Worth
£79k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£139k
↓ 4.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£29k£58k£87k£117k£146kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£78.6k£65.4k
Current assets£139.0k£145.8k
Cash£137.0k£122.9k
Debtors£2.0k£22.8k
Net assets£78.6k£65.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-08-19
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  3. 2023-08-11
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-18
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-08-30
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  6. 2020-08-27
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-08-29
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-07-30
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-07-31
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2015-11-11
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    Company incorporated
    As REDESDALE DEVELOPMENTS LTD
  11. 2015-11-11
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    STEWART, Dorothy Sheila appointed
    director
  12. 2015-11-11
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    STEWART, Joseph Brian appointed
    director
  13. 2015-11-11
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    incorporation-company
    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 age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 Joseph Brian Stewart
Individual · British · DOB 08/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Dorothy Sheila Stewart
Individual · British · DOB 06/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-11-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

10 Shore Road
Skelmorlie
Ayrshire
PA17 5DY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-25
Last: 2025-11-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

STEWART, Dorothy Sheila→
director · ~71y · appointed 2015-11-11
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Active
STEWART, Joseph Brian→
director · ~75y · appointed 2015-11-11
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Active

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Recent filings (20 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-15