ALBANY COURT MANAGEMENT COMPANY (ILKLEY) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01656621 · ltd · incorporated 1982-08-05
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£931
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 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
99 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £931
Net assets shrinking
Down £297 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£931
↓ 24% YoY
Current Assets
£931
↓ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£246£491£737£982£1kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£931£1.2k
Current assets£931£1.2k
Net assets£931£1.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-24
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  3. 2023-11-28
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  4. 2022-10-22
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-16
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2021-08-14
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    PACEY, Ian Barclay resigned
    director
  8. 2021-04-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2021-04-13
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    AVERY, Paul Stewart appointed
    director
  10. 2020-12-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2020-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-09
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    JENKINS, Margaret resigned
    director
  13. 2019-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-12-06
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-06-05
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2015-06-11
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-06-11
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    annual-return · AR01
  20. 2015-05-14
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    JENKINS, Margaret appointed
    director
  21. 2008-06-10
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    POLLARD, Valerie Christine resigned
    director
  22. 2007-07-08
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    METCALFE, Paul Nigel appointed
    secretary
  23. 2007-07-08
    ➖
    PACEY, Ian Barclay resigned
    secretary
  24. 2006-05-04
    ➕
    METCALFE, Paul Nigel appointed
    director
  25. 2000-05-03
    ➕
    PACEY, Ian Barclay appointed
    secretary
  26. 2000-05-03
    ➖
    POLLARD, Valerie Christine resigned
    secretary
  27. 2000-05-03
    ➖
    BUSFIELD, Joan resigned
    director
  28. 2000-05-03
    ➕
    PACEY, Ian Barclay appointed
    director
  29. 1998-12-11
    ➕
    BUSFIELD, Joan appointed
    director
  30. 1998-10-13
    ➖
    HARRISON, Gerald Dennis resigned
    director
  31. 1982-08-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ALBANY COURT MANAGEMENT COMPANY (ILKLEY) LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1982-08-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

6 Albany Court
Ilkley
West Yorks
LS29 9LZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-15
Last: 2025-06-01

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

METCALFE, Paul Nigel→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AVERY, Paul Stewart→
director · ~79y · appointed 2021-04-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
METCALFE, Paul Nigel→
director · ~74y · appointed 2006-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PACEY, Ian Barclay→
secretary · appointed 2000-05-03 · resigned 2007-07-08
Resigned
POLLARD, Valerie Christine→
secretary · resigned 2000-05-03
Resigned
BUSFIELD, Joan→
director · ~103y · appointed 1998-12-11 · resigned 2000-05-03
Resigned
HARRISON, Gerald Dennis→
director · ~99y · resigned 1998-10-13
Resigned
JENKINS, Margaret→
director · ~88y · appointed 2015-05-14 · resigned 2020-12-09
Resigned
PACEY, Ian Barclay→
director · ~100y · appointed 2000-05-03 · resigned 2021-08-14
Resigned
POLLARD, Valerie Christine→
director · ~89y · resigned 2008-06-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (99 total)

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2025-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
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accounts · AA
2024-11-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-07