50A DEVELOPMENTS YORK LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
10352504 · ltd · incorporated 2016-08-31
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 9.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£48.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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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
Strong opportunity: property-backed borrower with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 9.3y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
44 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.

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Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £48,271

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£11k
Net Worth
£48k
Current Assets
£11k
Current Liabilities
£0£10k£19k£29k£39k£48kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£276.5k
Current assets£11.1k
Cash£11.1k
Debtors£0
Net assets£48.3k
Average employees0

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-08-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-09-15
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  7. 2023-09-15
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-09-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-09-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-09-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  13. 2020-09-09
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  14. 2020-09-09
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-07-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2020-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-09-23
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  18. 2019-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-11-10
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
  20. 2017-08-11
    50A HOLDINGS LTD resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 2017-02-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Whyteleafe Management Services LTD
  22. 2016-08-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 50A DEVELOPMENTS YORK LTD
  23. 2016-08-31
    BECKENHAM, Gabrielle Annick Marie-Rose appointed
    director
  24. 2016-08-31
    BECKENHAM, Thomas Edward appointed
    director
  25. 2016-08-31
    SZEPIETOWSKI, Alexander James appointed
    director
  26. 2016-08-31
    50A HOLDINGS LTD appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Alexander C James Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
🏛️
50a Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
50A DEVELOPMENTS YORK LTD
This company · 10352504

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Alexander C James Ltd
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/08/2017
50a Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting31/08/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Thomas Beckenhamceased 11/08/2017· 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-08-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

86-90 Paul Street
London
EC2A 4NE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-08
Last: 2025-08-25

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BECKENHAM, Gabrielle Annick Marie-Rose
director · ~46y · appointed 2016-08-31
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Active
BECKENHAM, Thomas Edward
director · ~52y · appointed 2016-08-31
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Active
SZEPIETOWSKI, Alexander James
director · ~37y · appointed 2016-08-31
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Active
50A HOLDINGS LTD
corporate-director · appointed 2016-08-31 · resigned 2017-08-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Shawbrook
Shawbrook Bank Limited
A registered charge1 property10/11/2017
outstanding
Whyteleafe Management Services
Whyteleafe Management Services LTD
A registered charge1 property20/02/2017
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Recent filings (44 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-09-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-01