ASTORIA COURT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01149662 · ltd · incorporated 1973-12-06

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 38.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£24.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residents property management

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 94-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 94). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 38.4y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 38.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

94 officers (19 active, 94 linked, 86 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

308 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £24,296

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£24k

↑ 44% YoY

Current Assets

£27k

↑ 67% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£24.3k	£26.0k
Current assets	£26.9k	£16.1k
Net assets	£24.3k	£16.9k

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 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 7 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (181 events)Click to expand

2026-07-09
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2026-07-08
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SCOTT, Christine Gaynor resigned
director
2026-05-29
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officers · CH01
2026-03-16
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CURTIS, Mavis Kathleen appointed
director
2026-03-16
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BRUNTON, Helen resigned
director
2026-03-16
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CURTIS, Alan Walter resigned
director
2026-03-16
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ROWSON, David resigned
director
2026-03-16
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TAYLOR, Kenneth William resigned
director
2026-03-16
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2026-03-16
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2025-11-30
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MITCHELL, Donald Charles resigned
director
2025-11-30
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WHITTAKER, Victoria resigned
director
2025-11-24
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KIRK, Richard appointed
director
2025-09-09
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2025-07-11
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ROACH, Joanne, Mrs. appointed
director
2025-07-11
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2025-05-23
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ROWNTREE, Lesley Margaret appointed
director
2025-05-23
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BRUNTON, Helen appointed
director
2025-05-23
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EXLEY, Amanda Jane resigned
director
2025-05-23
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2025-03-14
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2025-02-28
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WALLIS, Richard Timothy resigned
director
2025-01-13
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2025-01-13
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2025-01-04
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BELTON, Sarah Elizabeth appointed
director
2025-01-04
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COWLING, Edward resigned
director
2024-11-21
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THOMPSON, Gemma appointed
director
2024-11-21
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CROFT, Carol resigned
director
2024-11-21
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2024-11-21
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2024-11-20
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2024-11-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
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2024-11-04
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WHITTAKER, Victoria appointed
director
2024-09-11
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accounts · AA
2024-09-02
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CONNELLY, Alan Stuart resigned
director
2024-03-01
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BROOKFIELD, Brian Edward appointed
secretary
2024-03-01
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HALL, Valerie Elaine resigned
secretary
2023-09-04
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EXLEY, Amanda Jane appointed
director
2023-01-06
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BALDWIN, Sydney resigned
director
2022-12-16
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HEAP, Gordon resigned
director
2022-06-22
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MAJCHRZAK, Elvin Michael appointed
director
2022-05-19
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KIRKHAM, Glenis Margaret resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 181 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-18 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 94 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 94 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

7 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: BRUNTON, Helen resigned 2026-03-16; CURTIS, Alan Walter resigned 2026-03-16; MITCHELL, Donald Charles resigned 2025-11-30

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1973-12-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Flat 9 Astoria Court

52-56 The Esplanade

Scarborough

North Yorkshire

YO11 2BA

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-20

Last: 2026-03-06