VAULT PROPERTY SERVICES LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC652365 · ltd · incorporated 2020-01-22

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

£398

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

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 72/100 (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: 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

15 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

72/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £398

Net assets shrinking

Down £2,625 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£398

↓ 87% YoY

Current Assets

£1k

↓ 76% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£1.0k	£3.7k
Current assets	£1.1k	£4.6k
Net assets	£398	£3.0k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand

2025-10-23
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accounts · AA
2024-10-28
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accounts · AA
2023-10-25
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accounts · AA
2022-10-28
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accounts · AA
2021-10-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-16
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HARRIS, Ashley appointed
director
2021-09-16
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officers · AP01
2020-07-10
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-07-09
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address · AD01
2020-01-22
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Company incorporated
As VAULT PROPERTY SERVICES LTD
2020-01-22
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MCARDLE, Martin appointed
director
2020-01-22
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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 6 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Martin Mcardle Individual · British · DOB 09/1985 · age 41	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	22/01/2020

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

Incorporated2020-01-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

10 Lochan Road

Kilsyth

Glasgow

G65 0DW

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-24

Last: 2025-07-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HARRIS, Ashley→

director · ~39y · appointed 2021-09-16

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MCARDLE, Martin→

director · ~41y · appointed 2020-01-22

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