RANDALLS PROPERTIES LIMITED
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 14.4y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 14.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £7.9k | £7.9k |
| Debtors | £7.9k | £7.9k |
| Net assets | £7.9k | £7.9k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
3 signals 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 accounts
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-11-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-20📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2018-09-20🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2017-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2012-01-27🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2011-12-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2009-07-08🏢Company incorporatedAs RANDALLS PROPERTIES LIMITED
- 2009-07-08➕RANDALL, Cherie appointedsecretary
- 2009-07-08➕RANDALL, Michael appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "RANDALL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Michael Randall Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 12/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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.
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Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Guarantee & debenture | 1 property | 27/01/2012 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 05/12/2011 | 20/09/2018 |