THE PROPERTY PA (SCOTLAND) LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC747133 · ltd · incorporated 2022-10-12
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£1.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,176

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£9k
Net Worth
£1k
↑ 5780% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↑ 135% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£4k£6k£8k£10kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£1.3k£71
Current assets£10.0k£4.3k
Cash£9.1k—
Debtors£865£4.3k
Net assets£1.2k£20

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-03
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-02-28
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Craig Alan appointed
    director
  3. 2026-02-28
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2026-02-28
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-12-30
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2025-09-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-04-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-02-10
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  9. 2024-02-06
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2024-01-02
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  11. 2022-10-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As THE PROPERTY PA (SCOTLAND) LTD
  12. 2022-10-12
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Margaret Lister appointed
    director
  13. 2022-10-12
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

74/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

16/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MITCHELL, Craig Alan (same surname) appointed 2026-02-28. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Margaret Lister Mitchell
Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1963 · age 63
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control12/10/2022

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
Incorporated2022-10-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

9 Woodhead Avenue
Bothwell
Glasgow
G71 8AR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-25
Last: 2025-10-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MITCHELL, Craig Alan→
director · ~36y · appointed 2026-02-28
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Active
MITCHELL, Margaret Lister→
director · ~63y · appointed 2022-10-12
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Active

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Recent filings (13 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-03-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-28
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-17
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-06
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-01-02
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-10-12