LULUBELL PROPERTIES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07041505 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-14
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 12.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£73.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueProperty-backed borrower with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 12.1y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 12.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
56 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
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
75
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £73,322
Net assets shrinking
Down £15,934 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£73k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£721k
↑ 1.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £73.3k | £174.3k |
| Current assets | £721.2k | £710.3k |
| Cash | — | £3.4k |
| Debtors | — | £492 |
| Net assets | £73.3k | £89.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-18📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-09-18🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2024-07-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-10-23➕MERALI, Dean appointeddirector
- 2018-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-11📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2018-04-01➖LUM, Lip Hor resignedsecretary
- 2017-08-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-08-07➖MERALI, Dean resigneddirector
- 2017-08-07📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2017-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-09-25🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Metro Bank PLC
- 2014-09-16➕MERALI, Dean appointeddirector
- 2014-07-03➕MERALI, Adam appointeddirector
- 2014-05-09🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Metro Bank PLC
- 2014-05-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Metro Bank PLC
- 2012-10-09➕MERALI, Talib appointeddirector
- 2012-10-09➕LUM, Lip Hor appointedsecretary
- 2012-10-09➖LUMLIP LTD resignedcorporate-director
- 2012-07-09➖LUM, Lip Hor resigneddirector
- 2012-07-09➕LUMLIP LTD appointedcorporate-director
- 2009-10-14🏢Company incorporatedAs LULUBELL PROPERTIES LIMITED
- 2009-10-14➕LUM, Lip Hor appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
83/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Abu Talib Hassanali Merali Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-10-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate
Registered office
Vicarage House
58/60 Kensington Church Street
London
W8 4DB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-16
Last: 2026-04-02
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
MERALI, Adam→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2014-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MERALI, Dean→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2018-10-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MERALI, Talib→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2012-10-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LUM, Lip Hor→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2012-10-09 · resigned 2018-04-01
LUM, Lip Hor→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 2009-10-14 · resigned 2012-07-09
MERALI, Dean→
Resigneddirector · ~38y · appointed 2014-09-16 · resigned 2017-08-07
LUMLIP LTD→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2012-07-09 · resigned 2012-10-09
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Metro Bank Metro Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 25/09/2014 | — | |
| satisfied | Metro Bank Metro Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 09/05/2014 | 18/09/2024 | |
| outstanding | Metro Bank Metro Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/05/2014 | — |
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Recent filings (56 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-01
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-30