ACTOR PROPERTIES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03222232 · ltd · incorporated 1996-07-04
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 30.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£173.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueDormant / non-trading with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 30.0y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 30.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 3 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
90 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.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £173,611
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£174k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £173.6k | £173.6k |
| Net assets | £173.6k | £173.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-07-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-07-04📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2016-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-15📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2016-04-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2016-03-25➕CATOR, John appointeddirector
- 2016-03-25➖CATOR, Victoria Katherine resigneddirector
- 2008-05-02➕CATOR, Albemarle John appointedsecretary
- 2008-05-02➖TAYLOR, Paul Edwin resignedsecretary
- 2005-06-24🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2005-06-24🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2005-03-16➖CRIPPS, Charles Hugh resignedsecretary
- 2005-03-16➕TAYLOR, Paul Edwin appointedsecretary
- 1998-07-31➖CATOR, Victoria Katherine resignedsecretary
- 1998-07-31➕CRIPPS, Charles Hugh appointedsecretary
- 1998-04-28➕CATOR, Victoria Katherine appointeddirector
- 1997-12-09🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Coutts & Company
- 1996-07-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Coutts & Co.
- 1996-07-04🏢Company incorporatedAs ACTOR PROPERTIES LIMITED
- 1996-07-04➕CATOR, Albemarle John appointeddirector
- 1996-07-04➕CATOR, Victoria Katherine appointedsecretary
- 1996-07-04➕EDEN SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 1996-07-04➖EDEN SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 1996-07-04➕EDEN CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 1996-07-04➖EDEN CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 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 30 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Albermarle John Cator Individual · British · DOB 08/1953 · age 73 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 04/07/2017 |
Sir Alastair Penrose Gordon Cumming Individual · British · DOB 04/1954 · age 72 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 04/07/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-07-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company
Registered office
The Estate Office
Southfield Road
Woodbastwick Norwich
Norfolk
NR13 6AL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-18
Last: 2025-07-04
Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)
CATOR, Albemarle John→
Activesecretary · appointed 2008-05-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CATOR, Albemarle John→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 1996-07-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CATOR, Victoria Katherine→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1996-07-04 · resigned 1998-07-31
CRIPPS, Charles Hugh→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1998-07-31 · resigned 2005-03-16
TAYLOR, Paul Edwin→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-03-16 · resigned 2008-05-02
EDEN SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 1996-07-04 · resigned 1996-07-04
CATOR, Victoria Katherine→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 1998-04-28 · resigned 2016-03-25
EDEN CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 1996-07-04 · resigned 1996-07-04
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | NatWest Group Coutts & Company | Legal charge | 1 property | 09/12/1997 | 24/06/2005 | |
| satisfied | NatWest Group Coutts & Co. | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 08/07/1996 | 24/06/2005 |
Recent filings (90 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-18