MURPHY PROPERTIES (SCOTLAND) LTD.

🏛️Establishedactive
SC578296 · ltd · incorporated 2017-10-06
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 8.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£307.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 · oldest 8.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · 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
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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £307,524
Cash YoY
-9%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£10k
↓ 9.1% YoY
Net Worth
£308k
↑ 4.6% YoY
Current Assets
£34k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£62k£123k£185k£246k£308kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£549.0k£557.4k
Current assets£34.4k£40.3k
Cash£10.4k£11.5k
Debtors£24.0k£28.9k
Net assets£307.5k£293.9k

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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  2. 2024-12-16
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  3. 2023-08-21
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  4. 2023-03-06
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  7. 2023-02-17
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  8. 2022-10-18
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  9. 2021-12-17
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  10. 2021-02-02
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  11. 2019-08-24
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  12. 2019-08-24
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  13. 2019-06-20
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  14. 2019-01-31
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  15. 2019-01-31
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    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2019-01-24
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2019-01-24
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2018-10-29
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  19. 2018-05-17
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  20. 2018-05-14
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2018-04-30
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2018-02-01
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 2018-01-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 2017-10-06
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    Company incorporated
    As MURPHY PROPERTIES (SCOTLAND) LTD.
  25. 2017-10-06
    ➕
    MURPHY, Leona appointed
    director
  26. 2017-10-06
    ➕
    MURPHY, Steven appointed
    director

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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MURPHY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 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.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Steven Murphy
Individual · British · DOB 09/1975 · age 51
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/10/2017

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
Incorporated2017-10-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

2nd Floor (East) Belgrave Court
Rosehall Road
Bellshill
North Lanarkshire
ML4 3NR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-19
Last: 2025-10-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MURPHY, Leona→
director · ~48y · appointed 2017-10-06
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Active
MURPHY, Steven→
director · ~51y · appointed 2017-10-06
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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
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property24/01/2019—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property24/01/2019—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property14/05/2018—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property30/04/2018—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property01/02/2018—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—11/01/2018—
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Recent filings (29 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-02