166 WESTBOURNE GROVE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05851121 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-19
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 19.6y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
19 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees2200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-31
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2022-03-29
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  8. 2022-03-22
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2022-03-17
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  10. 2021-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-02-17
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2020-02-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-06-24
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2016-04-26
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    Charge satisfied #2
  20. 2016-04-26
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2006-10-17
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Dunbar Bank PLC
  22. 2006-10-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Dunbar Bank PLC
  23. 2006-08-14
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    TODD, Warren Bradley appointed
    secretary
  24. 2006-08-14
    ➕
    HEDGER, Graham Howard appointed
    director
  25. 2006-08-14
    ➕
    TODD, Warren Bradley appointed
    director
  26. 2006-08-14
    ➖
    L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2006-08-14
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    L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2006-06-19
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    Company incorporated
    As 166 WESTBOURNE GROVE LIMITED
  29. 2006-06-19
    ➕
    L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2006-06-19
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    L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Benchlevel Properties Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Benchlevel Properties Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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166 WESTBOURNE GROVE LIMITED
This company · 05851121

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Benchlevel Properties Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-06-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

2 Leman Street
London
E1W 9US
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-02
Last: 2025-06-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

TODD, Warren Bradley→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEDGER, Graham Howard→
director · ~63y · appointed 2006-08-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TODD, Warren Bradley→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-08-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-06-19 · resigned 2006-08-14
Resigned
L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-06-19 · resigned 2006-08-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge—29/03/2022—
outstanding
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge—17/03/2022—
satisfied
Dunbar Bank
Dunbar Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property17/10/200626/04/2016
satisfied
Dunbar Bank
Dunbar Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property17/10/200626/04/2016
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Recent filings (62 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-06
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-03-31
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-30