DMS PROPERTY PARTNERS LTD
💤Zombieactive
SC767345 · ltd · incorporated 2023-04-26
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
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-32.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed property-backed borrower — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -93% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
7 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 2.2y
0/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Newest facility, 2.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
79
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £32,571
Cash draining
Cash down 93% YoY
Cash YoY
-93%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£4k
↓ 93% YoY
Net Worth
-£33k
↓ 95% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↓ 92% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £116.1k | £-16.7k |
| Current assets | £3.8k | £50.7k |
| Cash | £3.8k | £50.5k |
| Debtors | £71 | £222 |
| Net assets | £-32.6k | £-16.7k |
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
3
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 address
- • 1 gazette
Last 180 days
10
filings
- • 5 address
- • 2 officers
- • 2 gazette
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2026-01-31📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2026-01-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2026-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-30📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-11-24📍default-companies-house-registered-office-address-appliedaddress · RP05
- 2025-11-24📍default-companies-house-service-address-applied-pscaddress · RP10
- 2025-11-24📍default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officeraddress · RP09
- 2025-05-31📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-05-26🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Lendinvest Btl Limited
- 2025-02-01📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-01-31🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Lendinvest Btl Limited
- 2025-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-05-21📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-05-20📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-05-20🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
- 2024-05-17🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
- 2024-05-16📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-04-26🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Lendinvest Btl Limited
- 2024-02-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-02-23🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
- 2024-02-22📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-02-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
- 2023-11-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-11-13➖STRACHAN, Margaret Ann resigneddirector
- 2023-06-06➕STRACHAN, Margaret Ann appointeddirector
- 2023-06-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-04-26🏢Company incorporatedAs DMS PROPERTY PARTNERS LTD
- 2023-04-26➕STRACHAN, Darren Michael appointeddirector
- 2023-04-26📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
45/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
2 low7 live charges
lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Multiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Darren Michael Strachan Individual · British · DOB 04/1988 · age 38 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 26/04/2023 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G&T FULLER PROPERTIES LTD→ SC646142 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| GOODLAD PROPERTIES LIMITED→ SC278555 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
| GORDON INVESTMENT CORPORATION LIMITED→ SC122112 · est 1989 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 36y | — | — |
| GRAMPIAN HOMES LIMITED→ SC370080 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
| GRAMPIAN PROPERTY BUYERS LTD→ SC711109 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| GRAND PROPERTIES ABERDEEN LTD→ SC712912 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| GRANITE CITY RENTALS LTD→ SC824447 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| GRANTON SA LTD→ SC808064 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| GREYMATTER PROPERTY INVESTMENTS LTD→ SC777380 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| GREYSTONES LETTINGS LTD→ SC852855 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| GRUHAM ASSETS LTD→ SC854448 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| GSS NEWBRIDGE LIMITED→ SC738460 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
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10 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
Incorporated2023-04-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Registered office
3 Cluny Square
Buckie
AB56 1AH
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-09
Last: 2025-04-25
Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)
STRACHAN, Darren Michael→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2023-04-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STRACHAN, Margaret Ann→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2023-06-06 · resigned 2023-11-13
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
7
Total charges
7
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:7 of 7 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | LendInvest Lendinvest Btl Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 26/05/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | LendInvest Lendinvest Btl Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 31/01/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/05/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | — | 17/05/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | LendInvest Lendinvest Btl Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 26/04/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 23/02/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | — | 09/02/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (24 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-25
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-01-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-12-30
default-companies-house-registered-office-address-applied
address · RP05
2025-11-24
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-psc
address · RP10
2025-11-24
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
address · RP09
2025-11-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-05