BEST PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED

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05045895 · ltd · incorporated 2004-02-17
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£40.4k
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
68 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
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £40,419

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£40k
↑ 1.2% YoY
Current Assets
£127k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£31k£62k£93k£125k£156kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£126.6k£155.5k
Current assets£127.0k£155.8k
Net assets£40.4k£40.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-29
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    AUDEN, Thomas William resigned
    director
  8. 2020-04-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2020-04-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2020-04-28
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    AUDEN, Edward Guy resigned
    director
  11. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2017-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-08-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2016-02-18
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2011-03-21
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    AUDEN, Edward Guy appointed
    director
  19. 2010-11-02
    ➕
    AUDEN, William Hugh Derek appointed
    director
  20. 2005-02-17
    ➕
    AUDEN, Thomas William appointed
    director
  21. 2005-02-17
    ➖
    AUDEN, William Hugh Derek resigned
    director
  22. 2004-02-17
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    Company incorporated
    As BEST PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED
  23. 2004-02-17
    ➕
    AUDEN, Susan Nicola appointed
    secretary
  24. 2004-02-17
    ➕
    AUDEN, Susan Nicola appointed
    director
  25. 2004-02-17
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-02-17
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2004-02-17
    ➕
    AUDEN, William Hugh Derek appointed
    director
  28. 2004-02-17
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2004-02-17
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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 67. 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Susan Nicola Auden
Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66
75–100%
—75-100% shares17/02/2017

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
Incorporated2004-02-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Church Farm Church Lane
Mugginton
Ashbourne
DE6 4PL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-03
Last: 2026-02-17

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

AUDEN, Susan Nicola→
secretary · appointed 2004-02-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AUDEN, Susan Nicola→
director · ~66y · appointed 2004-02-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AUDEN, William Hugh Derek→
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-11-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-02-17 · resigned 2004-02-17
Resigned
AUDEN, Edward Guy→
director · ~39y · appointed 2011-03-21 · resigned 2020-04-28
Resigned
AUDEN, Thomas William→
director · ~40y · appointed 2005-02-17 · resigned 2020-04-29
Resigned
AUDEN, William Hugh Derek→
director · ~67y · appointed 2004-02-17 · resigned 2005-02-17
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-02-17 · resigned 2004-02-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-04-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-28