MARILLA DEVELOPMENTS LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
SC741764 · ltd · incorporated 2022-08-18
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 1.8y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.8 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · 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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red 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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 400 | 400 |
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
2
filings
- • 2 mortgage
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 mortgage
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-01📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-04-01📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-04-01🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2026-04-01🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2025-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-09-02🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Goldentree Financial Services PLC
- 2024-08-30📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-08-15🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Goldentree Financial Services PLC
- 2024-06-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-06-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-06-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-06-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-06-19📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2024-02-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-08-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-08-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-08-19➕ANDERSON, Scott appointeddirector
- 2022-08-19➖ANDERSON, Andrew resigneddirector
- 2022-08-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-08-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-08-18🏢Company incorporatedAs MARILLA DEVELOPMENTS LTD
- 2022-08-18➕ANDERSON, David John appointeddirector
- 2022-08-18➕ANDERSON, Jacqueline appointeddirector
- 2022-08-18➕ANDERSON, Sabina Rebecca Scott appointeddirector
- 2022-08-18➕ANDERSON, Andrew appointeddirector
- 2022-08-18➕ANDERSON, Scott appointeddirector
- 2022-08-18➖ANDERSON, Scott resigneddirector
- 2022-08-18📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
4 active beneficial owners · fragmented| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Scott Anderson Individual · British · DOB 08/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 19/08/2022 |
Mrs Sabina Rebecca Scott Anderson Individual · British · DOB 08/1983 · age 43 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 19/08/2022 |
Mrs Jacqueline Anderson Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 19/08/2022 |
Mr David John Anderson Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 19/08/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-08-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings
Registered office
Carmondy Cottage
Kinninghall
Hawick
Roxburghshire
TD9 8LH
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last: 2025-08-17
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
ANDERSON, David John→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2022-08-18
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ANDERSON, Jacqueline→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2022-08-18
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ANDERSON, Sabina Rebecca Scott→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2022-08-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ANDERSON, Scott→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2022-08-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ANDERSON, Andrew→
Resigneddirector · ~40y · appointed 2022-08-18 · resigned 2022-08-19
ANDERSON, Scott→
Resigneddirector · ~42y · appointed 2022-08-18 · resigned 2022-08-18
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Goldentree Financial Services Goldentree Financial Services PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/09/2024 | 01/04/2026 | |
| satisfied | Goldentree Financial Services Goldentree Financial Services PLC | A registered charge | — | 15/08/2024 | 01/04/2026 |
Recent filings (22 total)
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-04-01
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-06
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-09-03
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-06-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-06-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-06-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-06-19
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-13