SIMPSON FAMILY PROPERTIES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC604709 · ltd · incorporated 2018-08-08
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£5.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
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 73/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 7.6y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 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
25 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
73/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,783
Cash YoY
-8%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
↓ 7.7% YoY
Net Worth
£6k
↑ 1.4% YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£1k£2k£3k£5k£6kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£43.9k£94.4k
Cash£1.2k£1.3k
Net assets£5.8k£5.7k

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
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 mortgage
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 mortgage
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-04-24
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2026-04-24
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    Charge satisfied #1
  4. 2025-07-14
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  5. 2025-06-30
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
  6. 2025-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-10-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2022-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-05-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-08-28
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2020-08-27
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
  15. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-02-13
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  17. 2020-02-07
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
  18. 2018-12-19
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  19. 2018-12-06
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
  20. 2018-11-14
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  21. 2018-10-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
  22. 2018-08-08
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    Company incorporated
    As SIMPSON FAMILY PROPERTIES LIMITED
  23. 2018-08-08
    SIMPSON, Ronald appointed
    director
  24. 2018-08-08
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SIMPSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ronald Simpson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1981 · age 45
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control08/08/2018

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-08-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

27 Ingram Street
Glasgow
G1 1HA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-12
Last: 2026-01-29

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SIMPSON, Ronald
director · ~45y · appointed 2018-08-08
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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
4
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Aldermore
Aldermore Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property30/06/2025
outstanding
The Mortgage Works (UK)
The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property27/08/2020
outstanding
The Mortgage Works (UK)
The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property07/02/2020
outstanding
The Mortgage Works (UK)
The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property06/12/2018
satisfied
The Mortgage Works (UK)
The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property28/10/201824/04/2026
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Recent filings (25 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-13
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-28