RUGBY ESTATES LIMITED

⚰️Wound downdissolved
02548935 · ltd · incorporated 1990-10-16
Investment thesis
Company dissolved — not a live target.
Why interesting: Historical record only; useful for precedent research.
Why risky: Not transactable.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Distress / opportunity: speculative → attractive
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 31.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Mixed signals in the last 30 days — 0 improved, 0 worsened.

  • ·Distress / opportunity: speculative → attractive
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Jul 2019
Net worth
£2.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
63/100
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed construction with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Company dissolved. Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 31.5y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 31.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
21 officers (3 active, 21 linked, 18 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
296 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,407
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,423,384 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£2k
↓ 100% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 100% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£288k£576k£865k£1.2m£1.4mJul 2018Jul 2019

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2019-07-312018-07-31
Total assets£2.4k£1.43M
Current assets£1.2k£1.44M
Net assets£2.4k£1.43M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (60 events)Click to expand
  1. 2020-12-01
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    gazette-dissolved-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ2(A)
  2. 2020-12-01
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    Company dissolved
  3. 2020-09-15
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    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  4. 2020-09-02
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    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  5. 2020-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2019-11-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2019-11-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2019-04-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2018-12-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2018-07-31
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    HEPKER, Karen Lesley resigned
    director
  13. 2018-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-11-30
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  15. 2017-11-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  16. 2017-11-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2017-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-12-08
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  20. 2015-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  21. 2015-05-14
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    miscellaneous
    miscellaneous · MISC
  22. 2015-05-11
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  23. 2014-12-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  24. 2014-12-01
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    HEPKER, Hugh Bernard appointed
    director
  25. 2014-10-29
    ➕
    HEPKER, Adrian Brian appointed
    director
  26. 2014-10-29
    ➕
    HEPKER, Michael Zane appointed
    director
  27. 2014-10-29
    ➖
    JONES, Stephen Douglas resigned
    secretary
  28. 2014-10-29
    ➕
    HEPKER, Karen Lesley appointed
    director
  29. 2014-10-29
    ➖
    JACKSON, John Andrew resigned
    director
  30. 2014-10-29
    ➖
    JONES, Stephen Douglas resigned
    director
  31. 2014-10-29
    ➖
    LINDOP, David John resigned
    director
  32. 2014-10-29
    ➖
    TWEEDDALE-TYE, David Michael Francis resigned
    director
  33. 2014-10-29
    ➖
    WILSON, Andrew Luis resigned
    director
  34. 2013-11-07
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    Charge satisfied #2
  35. 2013-11-07
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    Charge satisfied #1
  36. 2010-12-31
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    TYRIE, Andrew Guy, The Rt Hon. The Lord Tyrie Of Chichester, resigned
    director
  37. 2010-12-01
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    LINDOP, David John appointed
    director
  38. 2008-12-31
    ➖
    TAYLOR, Neal Anthony resigned
    director
  39. 2008-12-31
    ➖
    WILDMAN, Alexander James Franklin resigned
    director
  40. 2008-11-30
    ➕
    JONES, Stephen Douglas appointed
    secretary
  41. 2008-11-30
    ➖
    WHITE, Timothy Scott resigned
    secretary
  42. 2007-11-28
    ➖
    JONES, Stephen Douglas resigned
    secretary
  43. 2007-11-28
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    WHITE, Timothy Scott appointed
    secretary
  44. 2006-09-07
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  45. 2005-06-22
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    MARTIN, Benjamin John resigned
    director
  46. 2005-02-01
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    JACKSON, John Andrew appointed
    director
  47. 2002-09-02
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    TYRIE, Andrew Guy, The Rt Hon. The Lord Tyrie Of Chichester, appointed
    director
  48. 2002-05-03
    ➖
    DENNIS, Gerald Lambert resigned
    director
  49. 2000-02-01
    ➕
    WILDMAN, Alexander James Franklin appointed
    director
  50. 1997-01-28
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Neal Anthony appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 60 events

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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 ·
Company dissolved
high

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

Evidence: Dissolved on 2020-12-01

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Company details

Statusdissolved
Typeltd
Incorporated1990-10-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

The Island House Midsomer Norton
Radstock
Bath
BA3 2DZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2019-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: —
Last: —

Officers (0 active · 18 resigned)

HEPKER, Adrian Brian→
director · ~51y · appointed 2014-10-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEPKER, Hugh Bernard→
director · ~82y · appointed 2014-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEPKER, Michael Zane→
director · ~81y · appointed 2014-10-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Stephen Douglas→
secretary · appointed 2008-11-30 · resigned 2014-10-29
Resigned
JONES, Stephen Douglas→
secretary · resigned 2007-11-28
Resigned
WHITE, Timothy Scott→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-28 · resigned 2008-11-30
Resigned
BUCHANAN, Keith Michael→
director · ~72y · resigned 1993-11-04
Resigned
DENNIS, Gerald Lambert→
director · ~96y · appointed 1994-03-14 · resigned 2002-05-03
Resigned
HEPKER, Karen Lesley→
director · ~69y · appointed 2014-10-29 · resigned 2018-07-31
Resigned
JACKSON, John Andrew→
director · ~76y · appointed 2005-02-01 · resigned 2014-10-29
Resigned
JONES, Stephen Douglas→
director · ~71y · resigned 2014-10-29
Resigned
LINDOP, David John→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-12-01 · resigned 2014-10-29
Resigned
MACKIE, Raymond John→
director · ~80y · appointed 1993-11-04 · resigned 1994-03-14
Resigned
MARISCOTTI, Michael Gordon→
director · ~68y · resigned 1993-11-04
Resigned
MARTIN, Benjamin John→
director · ~82y · appointed 1994-03-14 · resigned 2005-06-22
Resigned
TAYLOR, Neal Anthony→
director · ~58y · appointed 1997-01-28 · resigned 2008-12-31
Resigned
TEACHER, Michael John→
director · ~79y · appointed 1993-11-04 · resigned 1994-03-14
Resigned
TWEEDDALE-TYE, David Michael Francis→
director · ~74y · resigned 2014-10-29
Resigned
TYRIE, Andrew Guy, The Rt Hon. The Lord Tyrie Of Chichester,→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-09-02 · resigned 2010-12-31
Resigned
WILDMAN, Alexander James Franklin→
director · ~55y · appointed 2000-02-01 · resigned 2008-12-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Share charge1 property07/09/200607/11/2013
satisfied
Bayerische Hypotheken-Und Wechsel-Bank Aktiengesellschaft, London Branch
Mortgage of shares1 property02/02/199507/11/2013

Recent filings (296 total)

gazette-dissolved-voluntary
gazette · GAZ2(A)
2020-12-01
gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2020-09-15
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2020-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-11-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-04-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2017-11-30
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2017-11-30