A & G PROPERTY DEVELOPERS LIMITED
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.0y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 20.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (69/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-28 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £87.3k | £88.1k |
| Current assets | £7.3k | £8.1k |
| Net assets | £14.2k | £15.0k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-07📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-10-07📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-10-01➖LOUW, Arnold Johann resignedsecretary
- 2025-10-01➖LOUW, Arnold Johann resigneddirector
- 2024-11-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-16📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2015-02-28📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2007-10-04🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Mortgage Express
- 2006-07-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2006-02-28🏢Company incorporatedAs A & G PROPERTY DEVELOPERS LIMITED
- 2006-02-28➕VAN DEVENTER, Gerhardus Petrus appointeddirector
- 2006-02-28➕LOUW, Arnold Johann appointedsecretary
- 2006-02-28➕LOUW, Arnold Johann appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
1 med ·Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.
Evidence: LOUW, Arnold Johann resigned 2025-10-01; LOUW, Arnold Johann resigned 2025-10-01
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Mortgage Express | Mortgage | 1 property | 04/10/2007 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 24/07/2006 | — |