A P HOLLAND CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05358716 · ltd · incorporated 2005-02-09
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 21.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£4.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 43390Other building completion and finishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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 · 2 lenders · oldest 21.0y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 21.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £4,445
Net assets shrinking
Down £18,225 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£4k
↓ 80% YoY
Current Assets
£6k
↓ 61% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £7.7k | £25.9k |
| Current assets | £6.2k | £15.8k |
| Net assets | £4.4k | £22.7k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-26📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-02-18📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-03-04📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2006-08-17🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2006-06-21🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2005-08-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Paragon Mortgages Limited
- 2005-02-09🏢Company incorporatedAs A P HOLLAND CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
- 2005-02-09➕EMMS, Cherrie Linda appointedsecretary
- 2005-02-09➕HOLLAND, Andrew Peter appointeddirector
- 2005-02-09➕HOLLAND, Cherrie Linda appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HOLLAND" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Cherrie Linda Holland Individual · British · DOB 09/1952 · age 74 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Andrew Peter Holland Individual · British · DOB 04/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-02-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects
Registered office
12 Millstream
Ringwood
Hampshire
BH24 3SE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-22
Last: 2026-02-08
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
EMMS, Cherrie Linda→
Activesecretary · appointed 2005-02-09
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HOLLAND, Andrew Peter→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2005-02-09
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HOLLAND, Cherrie Linda→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2005-02-09
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 17/08/2006 | — | |
| satisfied | Paragon Paragon Mortgages Limited | Legal charge | 1 property | 04/08/2005 | 21/06/2006 |
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Recent filings (56 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-08