LOCH VIEW PROPERTIES LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC655602 · ltd · incorporated 2020-02-25

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 5.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2026

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

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

Property-backed borrower with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.8y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 5.8 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)

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Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

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Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

18 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-02-28	2025-02-28
Total assets	—	£50.5k
Cash	—	£1.2k
Net assets	—	£-10.5k

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

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-04-12
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2025-11-25
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accounts · AA
2024-10-29
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accounts · AA
2023-09-19
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accounts · AA
2022-05-25
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accounts · AA
2021-08-16
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accounts · AA
2020-09-11
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mortgage · MR01
2020-09-04
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
2020-03-08
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officers · AP01
2020-03-08
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officers · TM01
2020-03-08
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capital · SH01
2020-03-05
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LIVINGSTONE, Karen Mary appointed
director
2020-03-05
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LIVINGSTONE, Angus resigned
director
2020-02-25
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Company incorporated
As LOCH VIEW PROPERTIES LTD
2020-02-25
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LIVINGSTONE, Alastair appointed
secretary
2020-02-25
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LIVINGSTONE, Alastair appointed
director
2020-02-25
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LIVINGSTONE, Angus appointed
director
2020-02-25
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100

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 age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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 Alastair Livingstone Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	25/02/2020

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

Incorporated2020-02-25

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

26 Loch Drive

Helensburgh

Argyll And Bute

G84 8PY

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-11-30

Last made up to: 2026-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-22

Last: 2026-03-08

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

LIVINGSTONE, Alastair→

secretary · appointed 2020-02-25

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Active

LIVINGSTONE, Alastair→

director · ~62y · appointed 2020-02-25

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Active

LIVINGSTONE, Karen Mary→

director · ~65y · appointed 2020-03-05

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Active

LIVINGSTONE, Angus→

director · ~35y · appointed 2020-02-25 · resigned 2020-03-05

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	The Mortgage Works (UK) The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC	A registered charge	1 property	04/09/2020	—

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