ABC APARTMENTS LTD
🌳Matureactive
06759915 · ltd · incorporated 2008-11-27
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 17.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£165.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueProperty-backed borrower with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 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
4 live charges · oldest 17.5y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 17.5 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.
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, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
75 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.
See pricing →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)Positive net assets
Net assets £165,652
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£166k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£77k
↓ 37% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £165.7k | £136.8k |
| Current assets | £76.9k | £122.0k |
| Net assets | £165.7k | £136.8k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-02📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2026-04-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-21📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2026-03-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-18📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-12-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2025-12-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-04-24📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-04-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-04-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2022-11-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-09-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2010-09-28🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Barry Eric Franks
- 2009-11-30➖FRANKS, Beryl resigneddirector
- 2009-04-22🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barry Eric Franks
- 2009-03-30🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barry Eric Franks
- 2008-12-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barry Eric Franks
- 2008-12-01➕FRANKS, Beryl appointedsecretary
- 2008-12-01➕FRANKS, Barry Eric appointeddirector
- 2008-12-01➕FRANKS, Mark Robert appointeddirector
- 2008-12-01➕FRANKS, Beryl appointeddirector
- 2008-11-27🏢Company incorporatedAs ABC APARTMENTS LTD
- 2008-11-27➕JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointeddirector
- 2008-11-27➖JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigneddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
B Frank Properties Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
B Frank Properties Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ABC APARTMENTS LTD
This company · 06759915
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
B Frank Properties Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 01/01/2020 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Barry Eric Franksceased 01/01/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
- Mrs Beryl Franksceased 01/01/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-11-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Registered office
109 Market Street
Bolton
Greater Manchester
BL4 8EX
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-11
Last: 2025-11-27
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
FRANKS, Barry Eric→
Activedirector · ~80y · appointed 2008-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FRANKS, Mark Robert→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2008-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FRANKS, Beryl→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · appointed 2008-12-01 · resigned 2009-11-30
JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2008-11-27 · resigned 2008-11-27
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barry Eric Franks | Legal charge of a registered estate | 1 property | 28/09/2010 | — | |
| outstanding | Barry Eric Franks | Legal charge of a registered estate | 1 property | 22/04/2009 | — | |
| part-satisfied | Barry Eric Franks | Legal charge of a registered estate | 1 property | 30/03/2009 | — | |
| outstanding | Barry Eric Franks | Legal charge | 1 property | 18/12/2008 | — |
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Recent filings (75 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-07
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-05-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-30
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-04-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-18
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-12-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-12-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-09