POLTAIR DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03188740 · ltd · incorporated 1996-04-19

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Apr 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

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 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 10 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

18 live charges · 7 lenders · oldest 28.8y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 28.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 7 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

18 charges (18/18 with lender, 18/18 with type)

Directors & officers

19 officers (5 active, 19 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

16 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

153 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	1700	1200

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

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3 signals 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (86 events)Click to expand

2025-12-01
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accounts · AA
2025-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-14
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-03-20
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-13
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officers · AP01
2022-05-01
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KEVERN, Susan Elizabeth appointed
director
2021-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-08
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CLEMENTS, Neil Christian resigned
director
2021-11-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-25
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-19
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-04-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-11-27
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TURNER, Teresa Jane resigned
director
2020-11-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-11-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-11-27
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-11-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-30
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CLEMENTS, Neil Christian appointed
director
2019-01-29
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STEPHENS, Anthony Paul Fleming resigned
secretary
2018-03-27
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TURNER, Teresa Jane appointed
director
2017-12-20
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Charge registered #18
Lender: Thomas Assheton
2017-06-14
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Charge satisfied #17
2016-12-15
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BARNICOAT, Ann Janette resigned
director
2016-12-15
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BARNICOAT, Gerald Thomas resigned
director
2015-05-28
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Charge registered #17
Lender: Homes and Communities Agency
2015-05-14
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Charge satisfied #11
2015-03-12
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Charge registered #16
Lender: Peter John Nicholas Prideaux-Brune, Elizabeth Grant Prideaux-Brune and Peter Sinclair Albertini
2014-04-24
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Charge satisfied #15
2013-11-01
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Charge satisfied #14
2012-10-18
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Charge satisfied #13
2012-02-17
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Charge registered #15
Lender: Perkins and Perry Limited
2012-02-03
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LEY, Andrew Edward appointed
director
2012-02-03
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LEY, Ronald Edward appointed
director
2008-11-25
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HARRILL, Kathryn Margaret resigned
director
2008-09-29
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Charge satisfied #12
2008-09-29
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Charge satisfied #9
2008-09-29
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Charge satisfied #10
2008-09-29
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Charge satisfied #8
2008-09-29
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Charge satisfied #7
2008-09-29
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Charge satisfied #6
2008-09-29
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Charge satisfied #5
2008-09-29
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Charge satisfied #4
2008-09-29
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Charge satisfied #3
2008-09-29
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Charge satisfied #2
2008-09-16
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COYLE, Derek Alan resigned
director
2008-09-01
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Charge registered #14
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC

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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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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 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.

Group structure

Poltair Homes Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Poltair Homes Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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POLTAIR DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

This company · 03188740

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Poltair Homes Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Ronald Edward Leyceased 19/04/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest
Mr Anthony Paul Fleming Stephensceased 19/04/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest

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

Incorporated1996-04-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

47 Boutport Street

Barnstaple

EX31 1SQ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-27

Last: 2026-04-13