ANKERS AND RAWLINGS DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01217177 · ltd · incorporated 1975-06-24

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Jul 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Development of building projects

Sector: Construction

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

42990Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 7 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

73 live charges · 7 lenders · oldest 42.3y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 42.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 7 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

73 charges (73/73 with lender, 73/73 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (6 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

21 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

260 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Average employees	36	3700

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

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3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (170 events)Click to expand

2026-02-20
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accounts · AA
2025-04-04
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accounts · AA
2024-12-27
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capital · SH03
2024-12-20
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mortgage · MR01
2024-12-18
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Charge registered #74
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2024-11-06
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officers · TM01
2024-10-29
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ANKERS, Johnathan resigned
director
2024-04-30
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accounts · AA
2023-06-14
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2022-04-20
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accounts · AA
2021-04-30
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accounts · AA
2020-04-29
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accounts · AA
2019-08-19
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officers · TM01
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officers · TM01
2019-04-02
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capital · SH06
2019-03-21
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capital · SH06
2019-03-21
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capital · SH03
2019-03-21
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capital · SH03
2018-12-21
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RAWLINGS, Sally Ann resigned
director
2018-12-20
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ANKERS, Linda resigned
director
2018-05-25
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Charge registered #73
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC as Security Agent
2016-06-02
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RAWLINGS, Scott Lewis appointed
secretary
2016-06-02
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ANKERS, Martyn Eric Thomas resigned
secretary
2015-05-14
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Charge satisfied #71
2015-05-14
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Charge satisfied #69
2015-05-14
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2015-05-14
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2015-05-14
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Charge satisfied #5
2015-05-08
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Charge registered #72
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC (As Security Agent)

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Owner dependency

88/100

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ANKERS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 51 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Scott Rawlings Individual · British · DOB 03/1975 · age 51	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	30/05/2017

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Scott Rawlingsceased 01/05/2018· significant influence

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

Incorporated1975-06-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

22 Ringwood Road

Ferndown

Dorset

BH22 9AN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-12

Last: 2026-05-29