L MURRAY PROPERTY LIMITED

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SC655850 · ltd · incorporated 2020-02-27
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£430.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
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. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

7 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 4.4y

5/100
under pressure

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

  • · Charge age ~4.4 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 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
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
26 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
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £430,330
Cash YoY
+101%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£8k
↑ 101% YoY
Net Worth
£430k
↑ 39% YoY
Current Assets
£13k
↑ 8.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£86k£172k£258k£344k£430kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.26M£812.5k
Current assets£13.1k£12.1k
Cash£8.2k£4.1k
Debtors£5.0k£8.0k
Net assets£430.3k£309.6k

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-25
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-09-18
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
  4. 2025-05-15
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  5. 2025-05-09
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: The Mortgage Lender Limited
  6. 2025-05-08
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2025-04-26
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: The Mortgage Lender Limited
  8. 2025-03-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2025-02-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2025-02-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2025-01-28
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2025-01-24
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
  13. 2024-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2024-08-26
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2024-08-19
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
  16. 2023-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2022-09-05
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  19. 2022-08-22
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
  20. 2022-06-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  21. 2021-12-14
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  22. 2021-12-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
  23. 2021-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2021-03-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  25. 2021-03-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  26. 2020-12-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  27. 2020-02-27
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    Company incorporated
    As L MURRAY PROPERTY LIMITED
  28. 2020-02-27
    MURRAY, Lewis Allan appointed
    director

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 "MURRAY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 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

1 low
7 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Lewis Allan Murray
Individual · British · DOB 07/1992 · age 34
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control27/02/2020

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

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9 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
Incorporated2020-02-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Unit 6 Creca Business Park
Creca
Annan
DG12 6RP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-12
Last: 2026-02-26

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MURRAY, Lewis Allan
director · ~34y · appointed 2020-02-27
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Mortgages & charges

7
Total charges
7
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:7 of 7 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Paragon
Paragon Bank PLC
A registered charge3 properties18/09/2025
outstanding
The Mortgage Lender
The Mortgage Lender Limited
A registered charge1 property09/05/2025
outstanding
The Mortgage Lender
The Mortgage Lender Limited
A registered charge1 property26/04/2025
outstanding
Aldermore
Aldermore Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property24/01/2025
outstanding
Aldermore
Aldermore Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property19/08/2024
outstanding
Paragon
Paragon Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property22/08/2022
outstanding
Paragon
Paragon Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property10/12/2021
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Recent filings (26 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-09-25
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-05-15
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-12
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21