ADF PROPERTIES LIMITED

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03514176 · ltd · incorporated 1998-02-20

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

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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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

Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 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

10 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 26.8y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 26.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 40/100 — 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

Lenders & charges

10 charges (10/10 with lender, 10/10 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (7 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 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

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Average employees	600	600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand

2025-10-28
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accounts · AA
2024-07-09
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mortgage · MR04
2024-07-09
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Charge satisfied #10
2024-04-16
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accounts · AA
2023-04-06
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accounts · AA
2022-04-05
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accounts · AA
2022-04-04
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officers · CH01
2021-05-18
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accounts · AA
2020-07-10
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accounts · AA
2020-02-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-06-25
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accounts · AA
2019-01-29
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mortgage · MR04
2019-01-29
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Charge satisfied #8
2018-08-01
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accounts · AA
2018-04-18
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mortgage · MR04
2018-04-18
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Charge satisfied #9
2015-07-29
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Charge satisfied #6
2014-07-02
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2011-04-23
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Charge satisfied #7
2011-04-23
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Charge satisfied #5
2011-04-21
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Charge satisfied #4
2011-04-21
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Charge satisfied #3
2006-07-18
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2004-04-30
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Charge registered #8
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2004-01-08
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Charge satisfied #2
2004-01-08
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Charge satisfied #1
2003-05-15
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
2003-02-14
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PARK, Richard Allen appointed
director
2003-02-14
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PEYTON, Catherine Elizabeth Park appointed
director
2003-02-05
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
2002-06-13
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
2002-01-31
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
2001-10-26
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
2000-11-27
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PARK, Thomas Edward Twisleton appointed
director
2000-11-27
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WEBB, Helen Mary appointed
director
2000-03-27
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
1999-09-03
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
1999-07-30
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PARK, Thomas Allen appointed
secretary
1999-07-30
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PARK, Dorothea Horsfall appointed
director
1999-07-30
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PARK, Thomas Allen appointed
director
1999-07-30
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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1999-07-30
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YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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1998-02-20
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Company incorporated
As ADF PROPERTIES LIMITED
1998-02-20
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-02-20
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YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
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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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+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

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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Thomas Allen Park Individual · English · DOB 08/1944 · age 82	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	02/05/2016
Mrs Dorothea Horsfall Park Individual · British · DOB 01/1944 · age 82	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1998-02-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

33 Dower Park

Escrick

York

YO19 6JN

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last: 2026-02-14