ALMONDELL PROPERTIES LTD
💤Zombieactive
SC666905 · ltd · incorporated 2020-07-09
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
PursueProperty-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. 7 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
26 live charges · 7 lenders · oldest 5.5y
15/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 7 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · 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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
26 charges (26/26 with lender, 26/26 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
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
66
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (59 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-05-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-05-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-05-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-05-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-05-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-05-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-05-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-05-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-05-27📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-05-27📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-05-27🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2025-05-27🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2025-05-21📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-05-21📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-05-21📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-05-21📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-05-21📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-05-21📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-05-21📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-05-21🔒Charge registered #26Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC 00947662
- 2025-05-21🔒Charge registered #25Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC 00947662
- 2025-05-21🔒Charge registered #24Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC 00947662
- 2025-05-21🔒Charge registered #23Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC 00947662
- 2025-05-21🔒Charge registered #22Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC 00947662
- 2025-05-21🔒Charge registered #21Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC 00947662
- 2025-05-21🔒Charge registered #20Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC 00947662
- 2025-05-21🔒Charge registered #19Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC 00947662
- 2025-05-21🔓Charge satisfied #15
- 2025-05-21🔓Charge satisfied #14
- 2025-05-21🔓Charge satisfied #13
- 2025-05-21🔓Charge satisfied #12
- 2025-05-21🔓Charge satisfied #17
- 2025-05-21🔓Charge satisfied #16
- 2025-05-21🔓Charge satisfied #11
- 2025-05-14🔒Charge registered #18Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC Company Number: 00947662
- 2025-02-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-29🔒Charge registered #15Lender: Tsb
- 2022-07-29🔒Charge registered #14Lender: Tsb Bank PLC
- 2022-07-29🔒Charge registered #13Lender: Tsb Bank PLC
- 2022-07-29🔒Charge registered #12Lender: Tsb Bank PLC
- 2022-07-26🔒Charge registered #17Lender: Tsb Bank PLC
- 2022-07-26🔒Charge registered #16Lender: Tsb Bank PLC
- 2022-04-06🔒Charge registered #11Lender: Tsb Bank PLC
- 2021-07-01🔒Charge registered #10Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2021-04-09🔒Charge registered #9Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
- 2021-03-01🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
Showing most recent 50 of 59 events
Owner dependency
88/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
55/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
2 med · 1 low9 new charges in last 12 months
mediumHeavy recent charge activity can indicate refinancing pressure, aggressive leverage, or multiple lender rotation.
Evidence: 2025-05-21: A registered charge; 2025-05-21: A registered charge; 2025-05-21: A registered charge
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
17 live charges
lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Catriona Williamson Smith Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 09/07/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-07-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate
Registered office
43 Morningside Road
Edinburgh
EH10 4DR
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-22
Last: 2025-07-08
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
SMITH, Catriona Williamson→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2020-07-09
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Mortgages & charges
26
Total charges
17
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:26 of 26 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC 00947662 | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/05/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC 00947662 | A registered charge | 2 properties | 21/05/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC 00947662 | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/05/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC 00947662 | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/05/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC 00947662 | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/05/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC 00947662 | A registered charge | 3 properties | 21/05/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC 00947662 | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/05/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC 00947662 | A registered charge | 2 properties | 21/05/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC Company Number: 00947662 | A registered charge | — | 14/05/2025 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Tsb | A registered charge | 3 properties | 29/07/2022 | 21/05/2025 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Tsb Bank PLC | A registered charge | 3 properties | 29/07/2022 | 21/05/2025 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Tsb Bank PLC | A registered charge | 3 properties | 29/07/2022 | 21/05/2025 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Tsb Bank PLC | A registered charge | 3 properties | 29/07/2022 | 21/05/2025 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Tsb Bank PLC | A registered charge | 3 properties | 26/07/2022 | 21/05/2025 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Tsb Bank PLC | A registered charge | 3 properties | 26/07/2022 | 21/05/2025 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Tsb Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 06/04/2022 | 21/05/2025 | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/07/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/04/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/03/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/03/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/03/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/03/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/03/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/03/2021 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/11/2020 | 27/05/2025 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 12/11/2020 | 27/05/2025 |
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Recent filings (48 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-18
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-05-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-05-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-05-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
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2025-05-28
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mortgage · MR01
2025-05-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-05-28
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mortgage · MR01
2025-05-28
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mortgage · MR01
2025-05-28
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-05-27
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-05-27
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-05-21
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-05-21