CAE PROPERTIES LTD

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SC533613 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-25
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.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Filings: 20 → 21
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • ↑Filings: 20 → 21
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£44.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
21 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.

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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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £44,181
Cash YoY
+4%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↑ 4.5% YoY
Net Worth
£44k
↑ 28% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↓ 50% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£9k£18k£27k£35k£44kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£44.3k£34.5k
Current assets£2.5k£4.9k
Cash£2.5k£2.4k
Debtors—£2.5k
Net assets£44.2k£34.5k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2021-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-10-30
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-04-25
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    Company incorporated
    As CAE PROPERTIES LTD
  11. 2016-04-25
    ➕
    COOPER, Alan Edward appointed
    director
  12. 2016-04-25
    ➕
    COOPER, Eileen Dawn appointed
    director
  13. 2016-04-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2016-04-25
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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 age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
Mrs Eileen Dawn Cooper
Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares25/04/2016
Mr Alan Edward Cooper
Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares25/04/2016

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
Incorporated2016-04-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

2 Soulisquoy Loan
Kirkwall
KW15 1BY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-08
Last: 2026-04-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

COOPER, Alan Edward→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-04-25
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Active
COOPER, Eileen Dawn→
director · ~61y · appointed 2016-04-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (21 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-06