AMITA ESTATES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05338634 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-21
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 21.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: property-backed borrower with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 21.3y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 21.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
58 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 100 | 100 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-01-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-19📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-03-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-17📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-11-17🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2020-06-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-02-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2005-04-29🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2005-03-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2005-01-21🏢Company incorporatedAs AMITA ESTATES LIMITED
- 2005-01-21➕ASTLES, Amanda Jane appointedsecretary
- 2005-01-21➕ASTLES, Amanda Jane appointeddirector
- 2005-01-21➕ASTLES, Darren Antony appointeddirector
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Darren Antony Astles Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares · firm interest | 19/01/2026 |
Mrs Amanda Jane Astles Individual · British · DOB 05/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 21/01/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-01-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Registered office
4 Verity Court Pochin Way
Midpoint 18 Industrial Estate
Middlewich
Cheshire
CW10 0GW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-30
Last: 2026-01-16
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
ASTLES, Amanda Jane→
Activesecretary · appointed 2005-01-21
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ASTLES, Amanda Jane→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2005-01-21
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ASTLES, Darren Antony→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2005-01-21
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 29/04/2005 | 17/11/2020 | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 09/03/2005 | — |
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Recent filings (58 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-19
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-25