BUCHANAN RENTALS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC544554 · ltd · incorporated 2016-09-05
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£26.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
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
Strong opportunity: property-backed borrower with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 9.5y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
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
🔒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
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £26,267

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£26k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↓ 30% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£5k£11k£16k£21k£26kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£137.2k£143.9k
Current assets£1.7k£2.4k
Net assets£26.3k£26.0k

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
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Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
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  2. 2024-06-27
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  3. 2023-06-30
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  4. 2022-06-29
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  5. 2021-07-30
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  6. 2020-06-29
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  7. 2020-01-11
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  8. 2020-01-03
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  9. 2019-06-28
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  10. 2018-07-05
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  11. 2018-06-19
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  12. 2018-06-14
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  13. 2018-02-02
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  14. 2018-01-22
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  15. 2017-02-04
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  16. 2017-01-30
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2017-01-23
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  18. 2017-01-18
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2016-12-23
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    mortgage · MR01
  20. 2016-12-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2016-09-05
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    Company incorporated
    As BUCHANAN RENTALS LTD
  22. 2016-09-05
    ➕
    SYMON, Craig Alexander appointed
    director
  23. 2016-09-05
    ➕
    TOOKE, Dawn Erica, Dr appointed
    director
  24. 2016-09-05
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    incorporation-company
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Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +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

1 low
6 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-09-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

50 Buchanan Drive
Rutherglen
Glasgow
G73 3PE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-18
Last: 2025-09-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SYMON, Craig Alexander→
director · ~55y · appointed 2016-09-05
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Active
TOOKE, Dawn Erica, Dr→
director · ~49y · appointed 2016-09-05
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

6
Total charges
6
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property03/01/2020—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property14/06/2018—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property22/01/2018—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge2 properties30/01/2017—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—18/01/2017—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property19/12/2016—
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Recent filings (24 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-17
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accounts · AA
2025-06-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-28