LOCHSIDE APARTMENTS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC685194 · ltd · incorporated 2021-01-06
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 5.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£69.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 5.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
14 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £69,357
Cash YoY
+102%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£21k
↑ 102% YoY
Net Worth
£69k
↑ 64% YoY
Current Assets
£28k
↑ 55% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£14k£28k£42k£55k£69kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£444.1k£404.3k
Current assets£28.0k£18.0k
Cash£20.9k£10.3k
Debtors£7.1k£7.7k
Net assets£69.4k£42.2k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-01-04
    MCIVOR, Ewan resigned
    director
  3. 2025-11-05
    MARSHALL, Norma appointed
    director
  4. 2025-11-05
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-07-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-22
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2021-05-22
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2021-05-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Cambridge & Counties Bank Limited
  12. 2021-05-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Cambridge & Counties Bank Limited
  13. 2021-01-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LOCHSIDE APARTMENTS LTD
  14. 2021-01-06
    MARSHALL, Norma appointed
    secretary
  15. 2021-01-06
    MARSHALL, Lance Simon appointed
    director
  16. 2021-01-06
    MCIVOR, Ewan appointed
    director
  17. 2021-01-06
    📄
    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 71 — 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 71 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ewan Mcivor
Individual · British · DOB 02/1973 · age 53
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/01/2021

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
Incorporated2021-01-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Broombank
Union Road
Fort William
PH33 6RB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-19
Last: 2026-01-05

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MARSHALL, Norma
secretary · appointed 2021-01-06
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Active
MARSHALL, Lance Simon
director · ~71y · appointed 2021-01-06
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Active
MARSHALL, Norma
director · ~69y · appointed 2025-11-05
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Active
MCIVOR, Ewan
director · ~53y · appointed 2021-01-06 · resigned 2026-01-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Cambridge & Counties
Cambridge & Counties Bank Limited
A registered charge1 property21/05/2021
outstanding
Cambridge & Counties
Cambridge & Counties Bank Limited
A registered charge21/05/2021
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Recent filings (14 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-09
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-05-22
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-05-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-01-06