AFFORDABLE PROPERTY RENTALS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
10333638 · ltd · incorporated 2016-08-17
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: property-backed borrower with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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).
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Refinance opportunity
12 live charges · oldest 7.7y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
12 charges (12/12 with lender, 12/12 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-06-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-06-20📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-06-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-16📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-11-29🔒Charge registered #12Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2019-10-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-10-03🔒Charge registered #11Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2019-08-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-08-19📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2019-08-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-08-16📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-06-14🔒Charge registered #10Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2019-05-14🔒Charge registered #9Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2019-03-29🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2019-03-14🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2018-12-14🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2018-12-07🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2018-09-28🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2018-09-28🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2018-09-27🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2018-09-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2016-08-17🏢Company incorporatedAs AFFORDABLE PROPERTY RENTALS LIMITED
- 2016-08-17➕LEDGER, Amanda appointedsecretary
- 2016-08-17➕LEDGER, John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
88/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
55/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
1 low12 live charges
lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr John Ledger Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 17/08/2016 |
Mrs Amanda Ledger Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 17/08/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Amanda Ledgerceased 17/08/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒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
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-08-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Registered office
Greenfields Farm
Hunsterson
Nantwich
CW5 7PT
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
Active
LEDGER, John→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2016-08-17
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Mortgages & charges
12
Total charges
12
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:12 of 12 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/11/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 03/10/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 14/06/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 14/05/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/03/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 14/03/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 14/12/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 07/12/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 28/09/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 28/09/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 27/09/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 27/09/2018 | — |
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Recent filings (45 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-20
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-06-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-21