24 HOUR EXCHANGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04929697 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-13
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-40.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Real estate agencies
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68320Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
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
71 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £40,597
Very low cash
Cash position: £2
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2
~ YoY
Net Worth
-£41k
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
-£41k-£32k-£24k-£16k-£8k£2Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£-40.6k£-40.6k
Cash£2£2
Net assets£-40.6k£-40.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-02-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-02-01
    ➕
    CHRISTODOULOU, Erini Theophani appointed
    director
  4. 2026-02-01
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    HADJIIOANNOU, Lambros resigned
    director
  5. 2026-01-30
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  6. 2025-01-30
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  7. 2024-01-25
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  8. 2023-01-16
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  9. 2022-01-18
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  10. 2021-09-23
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2021-09-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-09-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-09-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-02-03
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-02-07
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-01-30
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  18. 2017-02-06
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-03-30
    ➖
    SHORT, Richard Vickery resigned
    secretary
  20. 2007-06-21
    ➖
    HADJIIOANNOU, Lambros resigned
    secretary
  21. 2007-06-21
    ➕
    SHORT, Richard Vickery appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-06-21
    ➕
    HADJIIOANNOU, Lambros appointed
    director
  23. 2003-10-13
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    Company incorporated
    As 24 HOUR EXCHANGE LIMITED
  24. 2003-10-13
    ➕
    CHRISTODOULOU, Yiannakis Theophani appointed
    director
  25. 2003-10-13
    ➕
    HADJIIOANNOU, Lambros appointed
    secretary
  26. 2003-10-13
    ➕
    QA REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2003-10-13
    ➖
    QA REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2003-10-13
    ➕
    QA NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2003-10-13
    ➖
    QA NOMINEES 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 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Yiannikis Christodoulou
Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-10-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68310 — Real estate agencies

Registered office

4th Floor Charles House
108-110 Finchley Road
London
NW3 5JJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-27
Last: 2025-10-13

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

CHRISTODOULOU, Erini Theophani→
director · ~57y · appointed 2026-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHRISTODOULOU, Yiannakis Theophani→
director · ~61y · appointed 2003-10-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HADJIIOANNOU, Lambros→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-13 · resigned 2007-06-21
Resigned
SHORT, Richard Vickery→
secretary · appointed 2007-06-21 · resigned 2015-03-30
Resigned
QA REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-10-13 · resigned 2003-10-13
Resigned
HADJIIOANNOU, Lambros→
director · ~48y · appointed 2007-06-21 · resigned 2026-02-01
Resigned
QA NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-10-13 · resigned 2003-10-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

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officers · AP01
2026-02-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-22