BUCHANAN REAL ESTATE PLC

⚰️Wound downdissolved
01551527 · plc · incorporated 1981-03-18
Investment thesis
Company dissolved — not a live target.
Why interesting: Historical record only; useful for precedent research.
Why risky: Not transactable.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
63/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed unclear — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), bankability 72/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 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

4 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 45.2y

35/100
too messy

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 45.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (53/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
33 officers (4 active, 33 linked, 29 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
193 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
63/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
30
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
59
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (83 events)Click to expand
  1. 2021-04-27
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    gazette-dissolved-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ2(A)
  2. 2021-04-27
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    Company dissolved
  3. 2021-02-09
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    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  4. 2021-02-01
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    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  5. 2020-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-11-20
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  8. 2019-09-17
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2019-01-17
    📄
    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  10. 2018-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  12. 2017-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-04-03
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2016-06-27
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-08-21
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-08-21
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2015-08-21
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2015-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2014-10-16
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  21. 2014-07-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  22. 2014-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  23. 2014-04-01
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    NUVEEN CORPORATE SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2014-04-01
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    HENDERSON SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2013-03-28
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    BARTRAM, Nigel Ian appointed
    director
  26. 2013-03-28
    ➖
    ANDERSON, William Wallace resigned
    director
  27. 2009-05-19
    ➕
    PALMER, Colin Edward appointed
    director
  28. 2009-02-10
    ➖
    VARNHAM, Neil Clive resigned
    director
  29. 2005-01-14
    ➕
    ANDERSON, William Wallace appointed
    director
  30. 2005-01-14
    ➖
    ELLIOTT, Joanne Lesley resigned
    director
  31. 2005-01-14
    ➖
    ELLIOTT, Joanne Lesley resigned
    director
  32. 2002-10-14
    ➖
    BUSHNELL, Patrick James resigned
    director
  33. 2002-10-14
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    ELLIOTT, Joanne Lesley appointed
    director
  34. 2002-02-28
    ➕
    WHITE, Myles Bernard appointed
    director
  35. 2002-02-28
    ➖
    BURY, James Robert Andrew resigned
    director
  36. 2001-09-21
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    PARTRIDGE, John Leonard resigned
    director
  37. 2000-04-14
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    BUSHNELL, Patrick James appointed
    director
  38. 1999-08-31
    ➕
    BURY, James Robert Andrew appointed
    director
  39. 1999-04-29
    ➖
    MUDIE, Jeremy David resigned
    director
  40. 1998-08-13
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    ELLIOTT, Joanne Lesley appointed
    director
  41. 1998-08-13
    ➖
    KINGON, Neil Bernard resigned
    director
  42. 1998-06-11
    ➖
    KINGON, Neil Bernard resigned
    secretary
  43. 1998-06-11
    ➕
    HENDERSON SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  44. 1998-06-10
    ➕
    PARTRIDGE, John Leonard appointed
    director
  45. 1998-05-29
    ➖
    WHALLEY, Malcolm John resigned
    director
  46. 1996-12-24
    ➖
    COOK, Alexander Kinnison resigned
    director
  47. 1996-12-24
    ➖
    TAYLOR, Martin Laurence resigned
    director
  48. 1996-12-24
    ➖
    WILSON, Derek Robert resigned
    director
  49. 1996-04-30
    ➖
    CAREY, Roger William resigned
    director
  50. 1995-11-15
    ➕
    VARNHAM, Neil Clive appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 83 events

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 45 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 high · 1 med ·
Company dissolved
high

Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only.

Evidence: Dissolved on 2021-04-27

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.

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Company details

Statusdissolved
Typeplc
Incorporated1981-03-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

9th Floor 201
Bishopsgate
London
EC2M 3BN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2019-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: —
Last: —

Officers (0 active · 29 resigned)

NUVEEN CORPORATE SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-04-01
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Active
BARTRAM, Nigel Ian→
director · ~59y · appointed 2013-03-28
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Active
PALMER, Colin Edward→
director · ~68y · appointed 2009-05-19
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Active
WHITE, Myles Bernard→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KINGON, Neil Bernard→
secretary · appointed 1995-01-19 · resigned 1998-06-11
Resigned
WINSON, Avril Helen Winifred→
secretary · resigned 1995-01-19
Resigned
HENDERSON SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1998-06-11 · resigned 2014-04-01
Resigned
ANDERSON, William Wallace→
director · ~76y · appointed 2005-01-14 · resigned 2013-03-28
Resigned
BADCOCK, Peter Colin→
director · ~82y · resigned 1994-07-22
Resigned
BADCOCK, Peter Colin→
director · ~82y · resigned 1994-07-22
Resigned
BURY, James Robert Andrew→
director · ~60y · appointed 1999-08-31 · resigned 2002-02-28
Resigned
BUSHNELL, Patrick James→
director · ~74y · appointed 2000-04-14 · resigned 2002-10-14
Resigned
CALDWELL, Robert Donald→
director · ~73y · resigned 1994-10-31
Resigned
CAREY, Roger William→
director · ~82y · appointed 1994-07-22 · resigned 1996-04-30
Resigned
CHISHOLM, Allan Donald→
director · ~81y · resigned 1994-07-22
Resigned
CHISHOLM, Allan Donald→
director · ~81y · resigned 1994-07-22
Resigned
COOK, Alexander Kinnison→
director · ~83y · resigned 1996-12-24
Resigned
CREASEY, Maxwell Rogers→
director · ~104y · resigned 1994-04-26
Resigned
ELLIOTT, Joanne Lesley→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-10-14 · resigned 2005-01-14
Resigned
ELLIOTT, Joanne Lesley→
director · ~64y · appointed 1998-08-13 · resigned 2005-01-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Grosvenor Square Properties Development
Grosvenor Square Properties Development Limited
Assignation in security1 property05/12/198830/11/1989
satisfied
Grosvenor Square Properties Developments
Grosvenor Square Properties Developments Limited
Debenture and charge1 property05/12/198830/11/1989
satisfied
Forward Trust
Forward Trust Limited
Legal charge1 property29/03/198413/12/1988
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property15/05/198113/12/1988

Recent filings (193 total)

gazette-dissolved-voluntary
gazette · GAZ2(A)
2021-04-27
gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2021-02-09
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2021-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-18
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2019-11-20
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2019-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-27
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2019-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2017-07-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2017-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-06-20