BAIS HAMEDRASH OHEL YAKOV LIMITED
- · Oldest live charge 16.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). 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).
Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 16.3y
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.3 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: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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 →Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-25📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-12-21📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-05-13➕BERGER, Yehuda appointedsecretary
- 2021-05-13📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2021-04-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-04-27➕BERGER, Joel appointeddirector
- 2021-04-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-03-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-03-01📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-01-01➖EICHLER, Joseph resigneddirector
- 2020-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-24📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2013-05-07➖BERGER, Shulem resigneddirector
- 2010-04-28🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2010-03-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2006-04-20🏢Company incorporatedAs BAIS HAMEDRASH OHEL YAKOV LIMITED
- 2006-04-20➕DEUTSCH, Chaim David appointedsecretary
- 2006-04-20➕BERGER, Chaskel appointeddirector
- 2006-04-20➕QA REGISTRARS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-04-20➖QA REGISTRARS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-04-20➕BERGER, Shulem appointeddirector
- 2006-04-20➕EICHLER, Joseph appointeddirector
- 2006-04-20➕QA NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2006-04-20➖QA NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2006-04-20➕QA REGISTRARS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2006-04-20➖QA REGISTRARS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 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 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Joel Berger Individual · British · DOB 06/1987 · age 39 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 27/04/2021 |
Mr Chaskel Berger Individual · British · DOB 12/1949 · age 77 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Joseph Eichlerceased 01/01/2021· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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.
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Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 2 properties | 28/04/2010 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 25/03/2010 | — |