ALBION TOWER PROPERTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01716962 · ltd · incorporated 1983-04-21
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 43.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

9 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 43.1y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 43.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
9 charges (9/9 with lender, 9/9 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
107 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
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Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-21
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  2. 2024-10-01
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  3. 2023-12-07
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  4. 2023-01-12
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  5. 2021-11-22
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  6. 2020-11-03
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  7. 2019-11-05
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  8. 2019-10-16
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  9. 2019-09-19
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    MICHAELS, Nora appointed
    director
  10. 2019-09-19
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  11. 2019-04-04
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  12. 2018-10-23
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  13. 2017-10-24
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  14. 2017-01-10
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  15. 2016-10-06
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  16. 2012-04-19
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    Charge satisfied #9
  17. 2012-04-19
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    Charge satisfied #8
  18. 1998-09-29
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    HINTON, Stanley resigned
    director
  19. 1997-11-27
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    MICHAELS, Nora appointed
    secretary
  20. 1997-11-27
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    MICHAELS, Sean Michael Riley resigned
    secretary
  21. 1994-05-20
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    Charge registered #9
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 1993-03-04
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    Charge satisfied #7
  23. 1991-08-12
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    Charge satisfied #5
  24. 1991-08-12
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    Charge satisfied #4
  25. 1991-08-12
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    Charge satisfied #3
  26. 1991-08-12
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    Charge satisfied #2
  27. 1991-08-12
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    Charge satisfied #1
  28. 1991-05-30
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  29. 1990-07-03
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  30. 1989-02-07
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  31. 1988-05-05
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  32. 1987-08-07
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  33. 1986-04-30
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  34. 1983-06-17
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  35. 1983-06-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  36. 1983-04-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ALBION TOWER PROPERTIES LIMITED

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Sean Michael Riley Michaels
Individual · British · DOB 06/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1983-04-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

C/O Ashford House
95 Dixons Green Road
Dudley
DY2 7DJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-16
Last: 2025-10-02

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MICHAELS, Nora→
secretary · appointed 1997-11-27
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Active
MICHAELS, Nora→
director · ~75y · appointed 2019-09-19
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Active
MICHAELS, Sean Michael Riley→
director · ~75y
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Active
MICHAELS, Sean Michael Riley→
secretary · resigned 1997-11-27
Resigned
HINTON, Stanley→
director · ~83y · resigned 1998-09-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

9
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:9 of 9 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Legal charge1 property20/05/199419/04/2012
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property30/05/199119/04/2012
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property03/07/199004/03/1993
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Guarantee & debenture1 property07/02/1989—
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Guarantee & debenture1 property05/05/198812/08/1991
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Guarantee & debenture1 property07/08/198712/08/1991
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Guarantee & debenture1 property30/04/198612/08/1991
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property17/06/198312/08/1991
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Guarantee & debenture1 property16/06/198312/08/1991
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Recent filings (107 total)

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2026-01-21
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2025-10-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-01
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accounts · AA
2023-12-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-26
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accounts · AA
2021-11-22
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2021-10-27
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accounts · AA
2020-11-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-30
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address · AD01
2019-10-16