A & G DEVELOPMENTS (YORKSHIRE) LIMITED

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04614896 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-11
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£443.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 22.9y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £443,233
Net assets shrinking
Down £10,835 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£443k
↓ 2.4% YoY
Current Assets
£167k
↓ 5.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£91k£182k£272k£363k£454kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£443.2k£454.1k
Current assets£166.8k£177.1k
Net assets£443.2k£454.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
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  2. 2024-08-06
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  3. 2023-11-13
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  4. 2022-08-26
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  5. 2021-12-22
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  6. 2020-12-15
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  7. 2019-11-20
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  8. 2018-09-11
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  9. 2017-09-18
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  10. 2016-10-20
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  11. 2015-11-29
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  12. 2015-08-28
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  13. 2015-01-05
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  14. 2014-11-27
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  15. 2013-11-29
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  16. 2005-05-06
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  17. 2004-08-10
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    Charge satisfied #2
  18. 2003-12-01
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    MAYES, Jacqueline Anne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-12-01
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    MAYES, Alistair resigned
    secretary
  20. 2003-12-01
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    MAYES, Gary John resigned
    secretary
  21. 2003-11-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
  22. 2003-11-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
  23. 2003-06-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
  24. 2002-12-11
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    Company incorporated
    As A & G DEVELOPMENTS (YORKSHIRE) LIMITED
  25. 2002-12-11
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    MAYES, Alistair appointed
    director
  26. 2002-12-11
    ➕
    MAYES, Gary John appointed
    director
  27. 2002-12-11
    ➕
    MAYES, Alistair appointed
    secretary
  28. 2002-12-11
    ➕
    MAYES, Gary John appointed
    secretary
  29. 2002-12-11
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    CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2002-12-11
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    CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2002-12-11
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    MC FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 2002-12-11
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    MC FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gary John Mayes
Individual · British · DOB 08/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest23/11/2016
Mr Alistair Mayes
Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control23/11/2016

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
Incorporated2002-12-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings

Registered office

The Cottage
Low Gatherley Moulton
Richmond
North Yorkshire
DL10 6QH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-08
Last: 2025-11-24

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

MAYES, Jacqueline Anne→
secretary · appointed 2003-12-01
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Active
MAYES, Alistair→
director · ~62y · appointed 2002-12-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAYES, Gary John→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-12-11
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Active
MAYES, Alistair→
secretary · appointed 2002-12-11 · resigned 2003-12-01
Resigned
MAYES, Gary John→
secretary · appointed 2002-12-11 · resigned 2003-12-01
Resigned
CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-12-11 · resigned 2002-12-11
Resigned
MC FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-12-11 · resigned 2002-12-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property06/05/2005—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Yorkshire Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property20/11/2003—
satisfied
Virgin Money
Yorkshire Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property20/11/200310/08/2004
outstanding
Virgin Money
Yorkshire Bank PLC
Debenture1 property24/06/2003—
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Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-31