186 PROPERTY SOLUTIONS (SOUTHERN) LTD

🌳Matureactive

02930991 · ltd · incorporated 1994-05-19

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

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Development of building projects

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

12 officers (4 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

103 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	—	£112.0k
Current assets	—	£445.0k
Cash	—	£104.1k
Debtors	—	£274.3k
Net assets	—	£112.0k
Average employees	300	—

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2026-02-06
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accounts · AA
2024-10-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-04-18
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address · AD01
2023-11-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-03-01
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-03-01
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statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2022-03-01
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-02-22
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2022-02-22
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-02-22
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-02-22
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capital · SH01
2022-02-22
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officers · AP01
2022-02-22
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officers · AP01
2022-02-22
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-02-17
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CARTER, Jonathan appointed
director
2022-02-17
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ROBERTSON, Mark Richard appointed
director
2022-02-17
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ASCROFT, Peter resigned
secretary
2022-02-11
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-11-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-16
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-11-01
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O'KEEFE, Nigel appointed
director
2012-09-06
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TREANOR, Hugh Mark resigned
director
2012-03-31
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MELLOR, Robert resigned
director
2007-04-01
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MELLOR, Robert appointed
director
2007-04-01
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TAYLOR, John Edmund resigned
director
2007-04-01
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TREANOR, Hugh Mark appointed
director
1994-08-23
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ASCROFT, Peter appointed
secretary
1994-08-23
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CROXSON, Anthony Smeaton resigned
secretary
1994-06-22
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TAYLOR, John Edmund appointed
director
1994-06-20
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ASCROFT, Peter appointed
director
1994-06-20
➖
RUCHNIEWICZ, Peter Waclaw resigned
director
1994-06-16
➕
CROXSON, Anthony Smeaton appointed
secretary
1994-06-16
➖
BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-06-16
➕
RUCHNIEWICZ, Peter Waclaw appointed
director
1994-06-16
➖
DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1994-05-19
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Company incorporated
As 186 PROPERTY SOLUTIONS (SOUTHERN) LTD
1994-05-19
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BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-05-19
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DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

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 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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.)

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1994-05-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Orchid House

Four Riggs

Darlington

County Durham

DL3 6LH

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-19

Last: 2026-04-05

Officers (4 active · 8 resigned)

ASCROFT, Peter→

director · ~70y · appointed 1994-06-20

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Active

CARTER, Jonathan→

director · ~45y · appointed 2022-02-17

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Active

O'KEEFE, Nigel→

director · ~43y · appointed 2021-11-01

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Active

ROBERTSON, Mark Richard→

director · ~54y · appointed 2022-02-17

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Active

ASCROFT, Peter→

secretary · appointed 1994-08-23 · resigned 2022-02-17

Resigned

CROXSON, Anthony Smeaton→

secretary · appointed 1994-06-16 · resigned 1994-08-23

Resigned

BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-05-19 · resigned 1994-06-16

Resigned

MELLOR, Robert→

director · ~58y · appointed 2007-04-01 · resigned 2012-03-31

Resigned

RUCHNIEWICZ, Peter Waclaw→

director · ~72y · appointed 1994-06-16 · resigned 1994-06-20

Resigned

TAYLOR, John Edmund→

director · ~71y · appointed 1994-06-22 · resigned 2007-04-01

Resigned

TREANOR, Hugh Mark→

director · ~62y · appointed 2007-04-01 · resigned 2012-09-06

Resigned

DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-05-19 · resigned 1994-06-16

Resigned

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Recent filings (103 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2026-02-06

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-04-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2024-10-14

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-04-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2023-11-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2022-10-01

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-04-05

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2022-03-01

statement-of-companys-objects

change-of-constitution · CC04

2022-03-01

memorandum-articles

incorporation · MA

2022-03-01

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement

persons-with-significant-control · PSC08

2022-02-22

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2022-02-22