KNOCKFARRIE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC537935 · ltd · incorporated 2016-06-14
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2026
Net worth
£-31.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
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
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed property-backed borrower — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 9.8y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
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
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £31,142
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£31k
↓ 4.9% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↑ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£31k-£24k-£18k-£11k-£4k£2kMar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets£217.3k£223.0k
Current assets£2.4k£2.0k
Net assets£-31.1k£-29.7k

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

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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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-10
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  2. 2025-08-21
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  3. 2024-10-04
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  4. 2024-09-22
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  5. 2023-09-12
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  6. 2023-01-20
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  7. 2022-02-21
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  8. 2021-07-16
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  9. 2021-07-16
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  10. 2021-07-16
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-05-06
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-03-29
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-08-24
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    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2019-08-23
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    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2019-08-23
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Atom Bank PLC
  16. 2019-08-21
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  17. 2019-08-21
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Atom Bank PLC
  18. 2019-08-21
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2019-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-06-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2016-08-10
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2016-07-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 2016-06-14
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    Company incorporated
    As KNOCKFARRIE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
  24. 2016-06-14
    ➕
    LAMB, Andrew Bruce appointed
    director
  25. 2016-06-14
    ➕
    LAMB, Naomi Edmunds appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +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

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Naomi Edmunds Lamb
Individual · British · DOB 05/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting14/06/2016
Mr Andrew Bruce Lamb
Individual · British · DOB 09/1977 · age 49
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting14/06/2016

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
Incorporated2016-06-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

East Knockfarrie
Knockfarrie Road
Pitlochry
Perthshire
PH16 5DN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-27
Last: 2025-06-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LAMB, Andrew Bruce→
director · ~49y · appointed 2016-06-14
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LAMB, Naomi Edmunds→
director · ~47y · appointed 2016-06-14
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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Atom Bank
Atom Bank PLC
A registered charge2 properties23/08/2019—
outstanding
Atom Bank
Atom Bank PLC
A registered charge—21/08/2019—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge2 properties10/08/2016—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—09/07/201621/08/2019
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Recent filings (30 total)

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2025-08-21
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2025-06-13
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accounts · AA01
2024-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
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2023-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2023-01-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-16
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officers · CH01
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