PADDOCKHALL PROPERTIES LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC676974 · ltd · incorporated 2020-10-07
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£510.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
13 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
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £510,495

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£510k
↑ 36% YoY
Current Assets
£93k
↑ 59% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£102k£204k£306k£408k£510kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£510.5k£374.4k
Current assets£93.1k£58.7k
Net assets£510.5k£374.4k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-04-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-26
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2021-04-30
    MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  8. 2020-10-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As PADDOCKHALL PROPERTIES LIMITED
  9. 2020-10-07
    MARTIN, John Thomas Meldrum appointed
    director
  10. 2020-10-07
    MARTIN, Ruth appointed
    director
  11. 2020-10-07
    MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  12. 2020-10-07
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2020-10-07
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    incorporation-company
    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 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Muirhouses Capital Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Muirhouses Capital Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
PADDOCKHALL PROPERTIES LIMITED
This company · SC676974

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Muirhouses Capital Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting07/10/2020

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
Incorporated2020-10-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Muirhouses South Lodge
Bo'Ness
EH51 9SS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-17
Last: 2025-10-03

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

MARTIN, John Thomas Meldrum
director · ~77y · appointed 2020-10-07
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Active
MARTIN, Ruth
director · ~72y · appointed 2020-10-07
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Active
MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2020-10-07 · resigned 2021-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (13 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-22
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-05-26
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-10-07
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-10-07