IMPALA ESTATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05741948 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-14

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 20.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

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

Property-backed borrower with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 20.2y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 20.2 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: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

58 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	9	800

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-10-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-23
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MACLEOD, Abigail Sophie Louise appointed
director
2025-01-23
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officers · AP01
2024-10-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-07-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
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HARTLEY, James Stewart Anthony appointed
director
2021-03-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-11-03
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-09-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-06-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-07-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2017-11-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-11-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-08-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2017-01-23
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2013-03-25
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HARTLEY, John David Smith resigned
secretary
2013-03-24
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HARTLEY, James Stewart Anthony appointed
secretary
2013-03-24
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MACLEOD, Abigail Sophie Louise appointed
secretary
2006-07-20
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2006-06-01
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JOWETT, Nigel David Rippon resigned
director
2006-03-24
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2006-03-22
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HARTLEY, Suzanne Louise Rippon appointed
director
2006-03-14
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Company incorporated
As IMPALA ESTATES LIMITED
2006-03-14
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HARTLEY, John David Smith appointed
director
2006-03-14
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HARTLEY, John David Smith appointed
secretary
2006-03-14
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JOWETT, Nigel David Rippon appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Suzanne Lousie Rippon Hartley Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65	—	75–100%	75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2006-03-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

12 Granby Road

Harrogate

HG1 4ST

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-05

Last: 2025-09-21