ASPECT 3 APARTMENTS LIMITED

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06370334 · ltd · incorporated 2007-09-13
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£61.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £61,213
Net assets shrinking
Down £6,733 YoY
Cash YoY
+74%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£162k
↑ 74% YoY
Net Worth
£61k
↓ 9.9% YoY
Current Assets
£430k
↑ 9.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£86k£172k£258k£344k£430kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£61.2k£67.9k
Current assets£429.7k£391.6k
Cash£161.5k£92.6k
Debtors£266.4k£294.5k
Net assets£61.2k£67.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-27
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  3. 2024-03-12
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  4. 2024-03-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2024-03-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  7. 2022-09-06
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  8. 2022-02-02
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  9. 2020-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  10. 2019-06-24
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  11. 2018-06-27
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-02-20
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2018-02-05
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    STUDENT FACILITY MANAGEMENT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  14. 2017-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-03-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2010-03-04
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    JOYCE, Martin Andrew appointed
    director
  18. 2010-03-04
    ➕
    MURPHY, Stephen Bernard appointed
    director
  19. 2009-11-01
    ➕
    MURPHY, Stephen Bernard appointed
    secretary
  20. 2009-06-30
    ➖
    WYARD, Rupert James resigned
    secretary
  21. 2007-11-30
    ➕
    WYARD, Rupert James appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-11-30
    ➖
    GWECO SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2007-11-30
    ➖
    GWECO DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  24. 2007-11-30
    ➕
    STUDENT FACILITY MANAGEMENT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2007-09-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ASPECT 3 APARTMENTS LIMITED
  26. 2007-09-13
    ➕
    GWECO SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2007-09-13
    ➕
    GWECO DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 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.)

Group structure

Student Facility Management Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Student Facility Management Limited
Corporate parent
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ASPECT 3 APARTMENTS LIMITED
This company · 06370334

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Student Facility Management Limited
Corporate entity
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/03/2023
Mr Martin Andrew Joyce
Individual · British · DOB 11/1948 · age 78
——sig. influencesignificant influence30/06/2016
Mr Stephen Bernard Murphy
Individual · British · DOB 04/1948 · age 78
——sig. influencesignificant influence30/06/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Rachel Louise Withersceased 01/03/2023· significant influence
  • Mrs Helena Claire Burnsceased 01/03/2023· significant influence

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
Incorporated2007-09-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

5-7 Mill Fold
Mill Fold Way Ripponden
Sowerby Bridge
West Yorkshire
HX6 4DJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

MURPHY, Stephen Bernard→
secretary · appointed 2009-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOYCE, Martin Andrew→
director · ~78y · appointed 2010-03-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MURPHY, Stephen Bernard→
director · ~78y · appointed 2010-03-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WYARD, Rupert James→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-30 · resigned 2009-06-30
Resigned
GWECO SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-09-13 · resigned 2007-11-30
Resigned
GWECO DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-09-13 · resigned 2007-11-30
Resigned
STUDENT FACILITY MANAGEMENT LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-11-30 · resigned 2018-02-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-29