SOHO ESTATES HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07345112 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-13

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 12.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Property-backed borrower with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 73). 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 · 2 lenders · oldest 12.9y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 12.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

17 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

73 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-01-19
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officers · AP01
2026-01-13
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O'SULLIVAN, Luke James Roderic appointed
director
2025-10-29
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accounts · AA
2025-05-03
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officers · AP03
2025-05-03
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officers · TM02
2025-05-03
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officers · TM01
2025-04-25
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O'SULLIVAN, Luke James Roderic appointed
secretary
2025-04-25
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WOOD, Rachel resigned
secretary
2025-04-25
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WOOD, Rachel resigned
director
2024-12-03
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accounts · AA
2024-10-17
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capital · SH06
2024-10-04
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capital · SH03
2024-04-17
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officers · CH01
2023-12-20
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accounts · AA
2022-12-12
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accounts · AA
2022-05-06
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address · AD01
2022-02-09
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capital · SH03
2022-02-01
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capital · SH06
2021-12-08
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accounts · AA
2021-03-18
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accounts · AA
2019-09-16
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accounts · AA
2018-08-30
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accounts · AA
2017-05-09
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Charge satisfied #2
2017-05-09
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Charge satisfied #1
2017-04-26
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2015-04-02
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2013-07-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC as Security Agent
2013-04-01
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WOOD, Rachel appointed
secretary
2013-04-01
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WOOD, Rachel appointed
director
2011-03-30
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JAMES, Fawn Ilona appointed
director
2011-03-28
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QUINN, Mark Philip Wyndham resigned
director
2011-03-03
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EGGLENTON, Melvyn John appointed
director
2010-08-13
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Company incorporated
As SOHO ESTATES HOLDINGS LIMITED
2010-08-13
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JAMES, John appointed
director
2010-08-13
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QUINN, Mark Philip Wyndham appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Fij Ptc Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Fij Ptc Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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SOHO ESTATES HOLDINGS LIMITED

This company · 07345112

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Fij Ptc Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	30/06/2016
Mr John James Individual · British · DOB 03/1953 · age 73	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	30/07/2016
Ms Fawn Ilona James Individual · British · DOB 01/1986 · age 40	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	30/06/2016

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

Incorporated2010-08-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Level 8, Ilona Rose House Level 8, Ilona Rose House

Manette Street

London

W1D 4AL

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-27

Last: 2025-08-13