MALABAR ESTATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03973619 · ltd · incorporated 2000-04-14
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 Jul 2024
Net worth
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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 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 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

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 19.2y

35/100
too messy

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
106 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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
Metric2024-07-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2025-04-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2025-02-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-30
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2021-03-30
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    Charge satisfied #4
  12. 2020-08-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-06-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2019-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-06-22
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    Charge satisfied #3
  18. 2011-06-14
    ➕
    UTILINI, Christina appointed
    director
  19. 2011-06-14
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    DAVIES, Sarah resigned
    director
  20. 2011-06-14
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  21. 2011-03-29
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    Charge satisfied #2
  22. 2011-03-29
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    Charge satisfied #1
  23. 2009-12-30
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    DAVIES, Phillip George resigned
    director
  24. 2009-12-16
    ➕
    DAVIES, Sarah appointed
    director
  25. 2008-06-23
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Cathedral Holdings Limited
  26. 2007-05-21
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    BARNES, Michael Edwin resigned
    director
  27. 2007-05-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  28. 2007-05-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  29. 2005-10-17
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    BARNES, Michael Edwin appointed
    director
  30. 2005-04-27
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Simon Peter appointed
    secretary
  31. 2005-04-27
    ➖
    CHAMBERS, Anthony David resigned
    secretary
  32. 2005-04-27
    ➖
    CHAMBERS, Anthony David resigned
    director
  33. 2004-02-18
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Simon Peter appointed
    director
  34. 2000-04-14
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    Company incorporated
    As MALABAR ESTATES LIMITED
  35. 2000-04-14
    ➕
    CHAMBERS, Anthony David appointed
    secretary
  36. 2000-04-14
    ➕
    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 2000-04-14
    ➖
    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  38. 2000-04-14
    ➕
    CHAMBERS, Anthony David appointed
    director
  39. 2000-04-14
    ➕
    DAVIES, Phillip George appointed
    director
  40. 2000-04-14
    ➕
    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  41. 2000-04-14
    ➖
    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — 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 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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 ·
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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Simon Peter Mitchell
Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Ms Christina Utilini
Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-04-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Suite 6, Floor 2 Congress House
14 Lyon Road
Harrow
HA1 2EN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-27
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-28
Last: 2026-04-14

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

MITCHELL, Simon Peter→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-27
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Active
MITCHELL, Simon Peter→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-02-18
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Active
UTILINI, Christina→
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-06-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHAMBERS, Anthony David→
secretary · appointed 2000-04-14 · resigned 2005-04-27
Resigned
HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-04-14 · resigned 2000-04-14
Resigned
BARNES, Michael Edwin→
director · ~69y · appointed 2005-10-17 · resigned 2007-05-21
Resigned
CHAMBERS, Anthony David→
director · ~71y · appointed 2000-04-14 · resigned 2005-04-27
Resigned
DAVIES, Phillip George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2000-04-14 · resigned 2009-12-30
Resigned
DAVIES, Sarah→
director · ~50y · appointed 2009-12-16 · resigned 2011-06-14
Resigned
HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-04-14 · resigned 2000-04-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Santander
Santander UK PLC
Legal charge1 property14/06/201130/03/2021
satisfied
Cathedral Holdings
Cathedral Holdings Limited
Legal charge1 property23/06/200822/06/2011
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Legal charge1 property21/05/200729/03/2011
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Legal charge1 property21/05/200729/03/2011

Recent filings (106 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-20
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-04-23
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-28