OWNERS IN COMMON (THE HUB) LIMITED

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SC827537 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2024-10-31

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£0

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

68320Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

10 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£0

Current Assets

£988k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31
Total assets	£372.0k
Current assets	£988.3k
Net assets	£0

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2026-04-29
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officers · AP01
2026-04-28
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MARTIN, Marian Macdonald appointed
director
2026-04-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
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officers · TM01
2025-11-10
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NICHOLLS, Jonathan resigned
director
2025-11-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-17
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-10
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-03-10
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-12-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-01
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NICHOLLS, Jonathan appointed
director
2024-10-31
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Company incorporated
As OWNERS IN COMMON (THE HUB) LIMITED
2024-10-31
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BROWN, Elaine Margaret appointed
director
2024-10-31
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BROWN, Stephen James appointed
director
2024-10-31
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FRASER, Ian Graeme appointed
director
2024-10-31
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PALMER, Nigel Martin appointed
director
2024-10-31
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

68/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+Young company: Only 1.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2024-10-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Whitehall House

33 Yeaman Shore

Dundee

DD1 4BJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-23

Last: 2025-10-09