LAWVINE DEVELOPMENTS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC636310 · ltd · incorporated 2019-07-17
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 5.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£-10.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68201Renting and operating of Housing Association real estate
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
  • 68320Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
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. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 5.7y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
20 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £10,719

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£11k
↓ 6.5% YoY
Current Assets
£7k
↑ 49% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£11k-£7k-£4k£8£4k£7kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£90.1k£90.7k
Current assets£7.2k£4.8k
Net assets£-10.7k£-10.1k

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-04
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2022-03-01
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
  8. 2022-01-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-01-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-05-13
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2021-05-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
  12. 2021-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-09-02
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2020-08-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
  15. 2019-12-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2019-07-17
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    Company incorporated
    As LAWVINE DEVELOPMENTS LTD
  17. 2019-07-17
    ➕
    IRVINE, Stuart Allan appointed
    director
  18. 2019-07-17
    ➕
    LAWSON, Gavin Peter appointed
    director
  19. 2019-07-17
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 7 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 Stuart Allan Irvine
Individual · British · DOB 04/1988 · age 38
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control17/07/2019
Mr Gavin Peter Lawson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1988 · age 38
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control17/07/2019

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
Incorporated2019-07-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

5 The Grange
Glithno
Stonehaven
Aberdeenshire
AB39 3AD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-15
Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

IRVINE, Stuart Allan→
director · ~38y · appointed 2019-07-17
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Active
LAWSON, Gavin Peter→
director · ~38y · appointed 2019-07-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Paragon
Paragon Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property01/03/2022—
outstanding
The Mortgage Works (UK)
The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
A registered charge2 properties11/05/2021—
outstanding
The Mortgage Works (UK)
The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property28/08/2020—
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Recent filings (20 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-03-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-09
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-15