YORK HOUSE (DEVELOPMENTS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01375147 · ltd · incorporated 1978-06-23
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
107 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees800

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-07-01
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    GARDNER, Keith Grant appointed
    director
  7. 2022-05-25
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  8. 2022-05-24
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2022-05-17
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    JUSTICE, Robert Maxwell appointed
    secretary
  10. 2022-05-17
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    TEDWORTH SQUARE ESTATES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  11. 2021-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-02-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2020-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-09-20
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    LAW, Alexander William George resigned
    director
  16. 2019-09-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2019-09-01
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    LAW, David Jonathan Mark appointed
    director
  18. 2019-01-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2019-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2017-12-12
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  22. 2006-10-05
    ➕
    LAW, Alexander William George appointed
    director
  23. 2002-10-24
    ➖
    JUSTICE, Robert Maxwell resigned
    secretary
  24. 2002-10-24
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    TEDWORTH SQUARE ESTATES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2002-10-07
    ➕
    LAW, Sandra Lorraine appointed
    director
  26. 1998-08-27
    ➖
    LAW, Victor Richard resigned
    director
  27. 1978-06-23
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    Company incorporated
    As YORK HOUSE (DEVELOPMENTS) LIMITED

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 48 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

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

Group structure

Tedworth Square Estates Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Tedworth Square Estates Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
majority
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YORK HOUSE (DEVELOPMENTS) LIMITED
This company · 01375147

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Tedworth Square Estates Limited
Corporate entity
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1978-06-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

Curzonfield House
42-43 Curzon Street
London
W1J 7UE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-17
Last: 2025-11-03

Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)

JUSTICE, Robert Maxwell→
secretary · appointed 2022-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GARDNER, Keith Grant→
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-07-01
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Active
LAW, David Jonathan Mark→
director · ~42y · appointed 2019-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAW, John William→
director · ~82y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAW, Sandra Lorraine→
director · ~78y · appointed 2002-10-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JUSTICE, Robert Maxwell→
secretary · resigned 2002-10-24
Resigned
TEDWORTH SQUARE ESTATES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-10-24 · resigned 2022-05-17
Resigned
LAW, Alexander William George→
director · ~43y · appointed 2006-10-05 · resigned 2019-09-20
Resigned
LAW, Victor Richard→
director · ~85y · resigned 1998-08-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (107 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-07
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-05-25
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-01