A. BENSON PROPERTIES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06331862 · ltd · incorporated 2007-08-02
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£-134.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.6y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
70 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £134,476

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£134k
↓ 7.1% YoY
Current Assets
£237k
↓ 33% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£134k-£36k£62k£160k£259k£357kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£-134.5k£-144
Current assets£237.4k£356.9k
Net assets£-134.5k£-125.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-04-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2026-04-20
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2026-04-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2026-04-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2012-01-10
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    BENSON, Andrew Robert resigned
    director
  17. 2008-02-26
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Mortgage Express
  18. 2007-11-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  19. 2007-08-02
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    Company incorporated
    As A. BENSON PROPERTIES LIMITED
  20. 2007-08-02
    ➕
    BENSON, Anne appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-08-02
    ➕
    BENSON, Anne appointed
    director
  22. 2007-08-02
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2007-08-02
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2007-08-02
    ➕
    BENSON, Andrew Robert appointed
    director
  25. 2007-08-02
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2007-08-02
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BENSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Anne Benson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1946 · age 80
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
Incorporated2007-08-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Westoe Garleigh Road
Rothbury
Morpeth
Northumberland
NE65 7RG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-14
Last: 2025-08-31

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BENSON, Anne→
secretary · appointed 2007-08-02
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Active
BENSON, Anne→
director · ~80y · appointed 2007-08-02
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Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-08-02 · resigned 2007-08-02
Resigned
BENSON, Andrew Robert→
director · ~46y · appointed 2007-08-02 · resigned 2012-01-10
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-08-02 · resigned 2007-08-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Mortgage Express
Mortgage deed1 property26/02/2008—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property20/11/2007—
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Recent filings (70 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-20
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-04-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-20