ARGYLE 51 LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC783823 · ltd · incorporated 2023-09-25
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Filings: 13 → 14
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Filings: 1314
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£-7.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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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 active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £6,974
Cash YoY
+229%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
↑ 229% YoY
Net Worth
-£7k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
-£9k-£7k-£4k-£2k£652£3kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£-7.0k£-9.2k
Cash£3.1k£950
Net assets£-7.0k£-9.2k

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-29
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  4. 2024-02-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-02-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-02-27
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  7. 2024-02-27
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  8. 2024-02-27
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2024-02-27
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  10. 2023-11-15
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  11. 2023-11-15
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2023-09-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ARGYLE 51 LIMITED
  13. 2023-09-25
    ROBERTSON, Graham appointed
    director
  14. 2023-09-25
    ROBERTSON, Helen Young appointed
    director
  15. 2023-09-25
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Graham Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1957 · age 69
25–50%25-50% voting25/09/2023
Mrs Helen Young Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67
25–50%25-50% voting25/09/2023

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
Incorporated2023-09-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

35 Kemps End
Tranent
EH33 2GZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-08
Last: 2025-09-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ROBERTSON, Graham
director · ~69y · appointed 2023-09-25
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Active
ROBERTSON, Helen Young
director · ~67y · appointed 2023-09-25
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Active

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Recent filings (14 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-30
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-02-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-28
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-02-27
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-02-27
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-02-27
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-02-27
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-11-15
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-11-15
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-09-25