CONNELL & MCFADDEN PROPERTY LETTINGS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC586584 · ltd · incorporated 2018-01-23
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
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£78.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
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: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
18 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
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £78,697
Cash YoY
+23%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£116k
↑ 23% YoY
Net Worth
£79k
↑ 23% YoY
Current Assets
£116k
↑ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£23k£46k£70k£93k£116kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£140.3k£118.5k
Current assets£115.9k£94.1k
Cash£115.9k£94.1k
Debtors£2£2
Net assets£78.7k£63.9k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-04-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-01-23
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    Company incorporated
    As CONNELL & MCFADDEN PROPERTY LETTINGS LTD
  11. 2018-01-23
    ➕
    MCFADDEN, Lauren appointed
    director
  12. 2018-01-23
    ➕
    MCFADDEN, Sean Thomas appointed
    director
  13. 2018-01-23
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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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MCFADDEN" — 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 8 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
Mr Sean Thomas Mcfadden
Individual · British · DOB 03/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/01/2018
Mrs Lauren Mcfadden
Individual · British · DOB 07/1981 · age 45
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/01/2018

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
Incorporated2018-01-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

16 Roseburn Terrace
Edinburgh
EH12 6AW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-05
Last: 2026-01-22

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCFADDEN, Lauren→
director · ~45y · appointed 2018-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCFADDEN, Sean Thomas→
director · ~47y · appointed 2018-01-23
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Active

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Recent filings (18 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-04