ALAN ROBERTS PROPERTIES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04566770 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-18

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£3.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · oldest 23.4y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 23.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

64 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,412

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£3k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£3k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£3.4k	£3.4k
Current assets	£3.4k	£3.4k
Debtors	£3.4k	£3.4k
Net assets	£3.4k	£3.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-05-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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2024-01-10
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accounts · AA
2023-01-18
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accounts · AA
2022-01-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
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accounts · AA
2020-01-29
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accounts · AA
2019-02-14
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accounts · AA
2018-01-31
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accounts · AA
2017-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-02-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-10-30
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-03-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2014-10-24
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-04-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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2007-09-21
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2004-09-22
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2003-04-15
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2003-01-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2002-10-18
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Company incorporated
As ALAN ROBERTS PROPERTIES LIMITED
2002-10-18
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ROWE, Lisa appointed
secretary
2002-10-18
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ROBERTS, Alan Iorweth appointed
director
2002-10-18
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BTC (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-10-18
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BTC (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-10-18
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BTC (DIRECTORS) LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-10-18
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BTC (DIRECTORS) LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ROBERTS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

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 60. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alan Iorweth Roberts Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	01/07/2016

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

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8 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

Incorporated2002-10-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

9 Griffin Park

Pentre

Mid Glamorgan

CF41 7JD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-01

Last: 2025-10-18

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ROWE, Lisa→

secretary · appointed 2002-10-18

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Active

ROBERTS, Alan Iorweth→

director · ~60y · appointed 2002-10-18

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Active

BTC (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-18 · resigned 2002-10-18

Resigned

BTC (DIRECTORS) LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-18 · resigned 2002-10-18

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Legal mortgage	1 property	21/09/2007	—
outstanding	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Legal mortgage	1 property	22/09/2004	—
outstanding	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Legal mortgage	1 property	15/04/2003	—
outstanding	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	14/01/2003	—

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