MELMERBY ESTATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07875577 · ltd · incorporated 2011-12-08
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 13.7y 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: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.7y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.7 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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-302024-03-30
Average employees300200

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-11
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    second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP04AP01
  4. 2024-03-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-03-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-03-20
    ROWLEY, Grant Allan Douglas Hiram appointed
    director
  8. 2024-03-20
    ROWLEY, Lauren Anne Elaine Muriel appointed
    director
  9. 2023-12-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2023-03-02
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-03-18
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  13. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-12-18
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  17. 2018-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  19. 2014-04-01
    ROWLEY, Christine Elaine Myers resigned
    director
  20. 2012-11-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
  21. 2011-12-08
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    Company incorporated
    As MELMERBY ESTATES LIMITED
  22. 2011-12-08
    ROWLEY, Charles Robert Mcqueen Grant appointed
    director
  23. 2011-12-08
    ROWLEY, Christine Elaine Myers appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Red flags

clean
No 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Charles Robert Mcqueen Grant Rowley
Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61
75100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-12-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

22b Lindfield Gardens
London
NW3 6PS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-22
Last: 2025-12-08

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

ROWLEY, Charles Robert Mcqueen Grant
director · ~61y · appointed 2011-12-08
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Active
ROWLEY, Grant Allan Douglas Hiram
director · ~27y · appointed 2024-03-20
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Active
ROWLEY, Lauren Anne Elaine Muriel
director · ~29y · appointed 2024-03-20
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Active
ROWLEY, Christine Elaine Myers
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-12-08 · resigned 2014-04-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation
The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
Mortgage1 property22/11/2012
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Recent filings (38 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-08
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2024-04-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-21
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-21