A & A PROPERTIES (HARDLEY) LTD

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05112464 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-26
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.
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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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
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 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.

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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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees200200

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-04-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-15
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    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-04-15
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    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-04-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-04-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2024-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-01-20
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-02-26
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2004-04-26
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    Company incorporated
    As A & A PROPERTIES (HARDLEY) LTD
  17. 2004-04-26
    ➕
    CASTON, Anna Victoria appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-04-26
    ➕
    CASTON, Andrew Michael appointed
    director
  19. 2004-04-26
    ➕
    CASTON, Anna Victoria appointed
    director
  20. 2004-04-26
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2004-04-26
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-04-26
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2004-04-26
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 62. Early succession window.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Michael Caston
Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Anna Victoria Caston
Individual · British · DOB 08/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-04-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

7 The Close
Norwich
Norfolk
NR1 4DJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-10
Last: 2026-04-26

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CASTON, Anna Victoria→
secretary · appointed 2004-04-26
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Active
CASTON, Andrew Michael→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-04-26
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Active
CASTON, Anna Victoria→
director · ~54y · appointed 2004-04-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-04-26 · resigned 2004-04-26
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-04-26 · resigned 2004-04-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-05