2 B HOMES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03897987 · ltd · incorporated 1999-12-21

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 Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Property-backed borrower with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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 (45/100).

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Refinance opportunity

12 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 25.9y

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 25.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 50/100 (high).

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

12 charges (12/12 with lender, 12/12 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

87 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	2	200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2026-05-14
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accounts · AA
2025-05-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-08-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-21
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-08-16
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2017-11-03
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Charge satisfied #10
2011-11-22
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Charge satisfied #12
2007-09-14
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Charge registered #12
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2006-07-21
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Charge registered #11
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2005-07-29
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Charge registered #10
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2004-03-05
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Mortgage Express
2003-11-20
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Mortgage Express
2002-04-26
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Charge registered #7
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2002-04-19
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Charge registered #6
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2002-02-08
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Charge satisfied #1
2002-02-07
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Charge registered #5
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2002-02-07
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Charge registered #4
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2001-12-19
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2001-05-30
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Charge registered #2
Lender: First Active
2000-07-07
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Northern Rock PLC
1999-12-21
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Company incorporated
As 2 B HOMES LIMITED
1999-12-21
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BATES, David Andrew appointed
secretary
1999-12-21
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BATES, David Andrew appointed
director
1999-12-21
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BROWN, Darren William appointed
director
1999-12-21
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-12-21
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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 · 1 low

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.

9 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
David Andrew Bates Individual · British · DOB 06/1973 · age 53	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Darren William Brown Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61	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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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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1 REGENCY LTD→ 15263913 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
10.8 PROPERTY'S LTD→ 10609655 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—
112 AND 126 STREATHAM HILL FLATS LIMITED→ 02788327 · est 1993 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	33y	—	—
124 PACKINGTON STREET LIMITED→ 07508811 · est 2011 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	15y	—	—
13 GAUTREY ROAD (LONDON) LIMITED→ 06472367 · est 2008 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	18y	—	—
16A PARK ROAD LTD→ 09061935 · est 2014 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	11y	—	—
1ST CONTACT HOLDINGS LTD→ 15921655 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
2 RIVERS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED→ 10710148 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—
20 ORDNANCE ROW LTD→ 15920993 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
223 PROPERTY LTD→ 15443059 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
223 TRADING LTD→ 14513782 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
23-26 LADY MARY ROAD NORWICH LIMITED→ 09061621 · est 2014 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	11y	—	—

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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.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1999-12-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

80 Compair Crescent

Ipswich

Suffolk

IP2 0EH

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-14

Last: 2025-11-30

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BATES, David Andrew→

secretary · appointed 1999-12-21

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BATES, David Andrew→

director · ~53y · appointed 1999-12-21

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Active

BROWN, Darren William→

director · ~61y · appointed 1999-12-21

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-12-21 · resigned 1999-12-21

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:12 of 12 shown

		Type	Properties
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Legal charge	1 property	14/09/2007	22/11/2011
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Legal charge	1 property	21/07/2006	—
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Legal charge	1 property	29/07/2005	03/11/2017
outstanding	Mortgage Express	Mortgage deed	1 property	05/03/2004	—
outstanding	Mortgage Express	Mortgage deed	1 property	20/11/2003	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Legal charge	1 property	26/04/2002	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Legal charge	1 property	19/04/2002	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Legal charge	1 property	07/02/2002	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Legal charge	1 property	07/02/2002	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Legal charge	1 property	19/12/2001	—
outstanding	First Active	Legal charge	1 property	30/05/2001	—
satisfied	Northern Rock Northern Rock PLC	Legal charge	1 property	07/07/2000	08/02/2002

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Recent filings (87 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-05-14

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-05-16

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-02

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2024-10-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-08-01

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-04-24

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-05-30

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-01-06

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-01-06

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2021-12-21

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2021-12-21

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

address · AD01

2021-12-21