VULCANS LANE ESTATES LIMITED

📉Decliningactive
04638897 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-16
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "declining"
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 22.8y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
18 officers (3 active, 18 linked, 12 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
111 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
75
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 · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £162,459

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Profit before tax£162.5k£378.8k
Average employees00

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (53 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  2. 2025-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-02-20
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  5. 2024-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-02
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  7. 2023-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2023-02-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2023-01-31
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    DIX, Carl Harvey appointed
    director
  11. 2023-01-31
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    SHELDRAKE, Peter John resigned
    director
  12. 2022-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-12-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2021-12-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2021-12-02
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    GILMOUR, David Fulton resigned
    director
  16. 2021-12-02
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    SHELDRAKE, Peter John appointed
    director
  17. 2021-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-07-02
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  20. 2020-06-30
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Nibc Bank N.V. (As Agent and Security Trustee for the Finance Parties)
  21. 2019-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2018-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2016-01-25
    ➕
    CAVILL, John Ivor appointed
    director
  24. 2016-01-25
    ➖
    BIIF CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  25. 2011-03-04
    ➖
    CAVILL, John Ivor resigned
    director
  26. 2011-03-04
    ➕
    GILMOUR, David Fulton appointed
    director
  27. 2010-03-05
    ➕
    CAVILL, John Ivor appointed
    director
  28. 2010-03-05
    ➖
    CHRISTAKIS, Anastasios resigned
    director
  29. 2009-08-27
    ➕
    INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGERS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2009-08-27
    ➖
    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  31. 2009-08-27
    ➖
    WALLS, Andrew Peter Lindsay resigned
    director
  32. 2009-03-31
    ➖
    ELLIOT, John Christian resigned
    director
  33. 2009-03-31
    ➕
    BIIF CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  34. 2009-03-19
    ➕
    CHRISTAKIS, Anastasios appointed
    director
  35. 2007-11-27
    ➕
    WALLS, Andrew Peter Lindsay appointed
    director
  36. 2007-11-21
    ➖
    LOVE, Jan Karen, Doctor resigned
    director
  37. 2006-09-25
    ➖
    HILL, David Robert resigned
    secretary
  38. 2006-09-25
    ➕
    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  39. 2006-09-25
    ➖
    ARMSTRONG, Paul resigned
    director
  40. 2006-09-25
    ➕
    ELLIOT, John Christian appointed
    director
  41. 2006-09-25
    ➖
    HILL, David Robert resigned
    director
  42. 2006-09-25
    ➕
    LOVE, Jan Karen, Doctor appointed
    director
  43. 2006-09-25
    ➖
    TODHUNTER, George William Parker resigned
    director
  44. 2003-08-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Nib Capital Bank N.V. (In Its Capacity as Agent and Security Trustee for the Finance Parties)
  45. 2003-02-04
    ➕
    HILL, David Robert appointed
    secretary
  46. 2003-02-04
    ➖
    PRIMA SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  47. 2003-02-04
    ➕
    ARMSTRONG, Paul appointed
    director
  48. 2003-02-04
    ➕
    HILL, David Robert appointed
    director
  49. 2003-02-04
    ➕
    TODHUNTER, George William Parker appointed
    director
  50. 2003-02-04
    ➖
    PRIMA DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
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Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Vle Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Vle Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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VULCANS LANE ESTATES LIMITED
This company · 04638897

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Vle Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
Incorporated2003-01-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

8th Floor 6 Kean Street
London
WC2B 4AS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-02
Last: 2025-12-19

Officers (3 active · 15 resigned)

INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGERS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-08-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAVILL, John Ivor→
director · ~54y · appointed 2016-01-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DIX, Carl Harvey→
director · ~60y · appointed 2023-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HILL, David Robert→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-04 · resigned 2006-09-25
Resigned
MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-09-25 · resigned 2009-08-27
Resigned
PRIMA SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-01-16 · resigned 2003-02-04
Resigned
ARMSTRONG, Paul→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-02-04 · resigned 2006-09-25
Resigned
CAVILL, John Ivor→
director · ~54y · appointed 2010-03-05 · resigned 2011-03-04
Resigned
CHRISTAKIS, Anastasios→
director · ~53y · appointed 2009-03-19 · resigned 2010-03-05
Resigned
ELLIOT, John Christian→
director · ~74y · appointed 2006-09-25 · resigned 2009-03-31
Resigned
GILMOUR, David Fulton→
director · ~63y · appointed 2011-03-04 · resigned 2021-12-02
Resigned
HILL, David Robert→
director · ~73y · appointed 2003-02-04 · resigned 2006-09-25
Resigned
LOVE, Jan Karen, Doctor→
director · ~54y · appointed 2006-09-25 · resigned 2007-11-21
Resigned
SHELDRAKE, Peter John→
director · ~67y · appointed 2021-12-02 · resigned 2023-01-31
Resigned
TODHUNTER, George William Parker→
director · ~78y · appointed 2003-02-04 · resigned 2006-09-25
Resigned
WALLS, Andrew Peter Lindsay→
director · ~58y · appointed 2007-11-27 · resigned 2009-08-27
Resigned
BIIF CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2009-03-31 · resigned 2016-01-25
Resigned
PRIMA DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2003-01-16 · resigned 2003-02-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Nibc Bank N.V. (As Agent and Security Trustee for the Finance Parties)
A registered charge—30/06/2020—
outstanding
Nib Capital Bank N.V. (In Its Capacity as Agent and Security Trustee for the Finance Parties)
Debenture1 property01/08/2003—
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Recent filings (111 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-25
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2025-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2024-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-27