214 CHARLTON ROAD DEVELOPMENT LTD

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10438994 · ltd · incorporated 2016-10-20
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
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£139.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: property-backed borrower with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 9.2y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
47 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.

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Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
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 £139,673

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
Net Worth
£140k
Current Assets
£266k
Current Liabilities
£0£53k£106k£160k£213k£266kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£139.7k
Current assets£266.2k
Cash£2.3k
Net assets£139.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  2. 2025-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-07-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2021-05-19
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2021-05-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-05-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  12. 2021-05-17
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  13. 2021-05-06
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company
    officers · CH03
  14. 2021-05-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2021-05-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2021-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-10-11
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  18. 2020-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-10-01
    ESKEBAEK, Thomas resigned
    secretary
  20. 2018-10-26
    ESKEBAEK, Thomas Fabritius resigned
    director
  21. 2018-03-12
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    Charge satisfied #2
  22. 2018-03-12
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  23. 2018-03-09
    🔒
    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Helen Jane Chorley
  24. 2017-03-31
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bridgeco Limited
  25. 2017-03-31
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bridgeco Limited
  26. 2016-10-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 214 CHARLTON ROAD DEVELOPMENT LTD
  27. 2016-10-20
    ESKEBAEK, Thomas Fabritius appointed
    director
  28. 2016-10-20
    ESKEBAEK, Thomas appointed
    secretary
  29. 2016-10-20
    ESKEBAEK, Thomas Fabritius appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

Century Spaces (London) Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Century Spaces (London) Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
214 CHARLTON ROAD DEVELOPMENT LTD
This company · 10438994

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Century Spaces (London) Ltd
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting26/10/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Thomas Fabritius Eskebaekceased 26/10/2018· significant influence

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-10-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Office 15 Bramley House 2a
Bramley Road
Long Eaton
Nottinghamshire
NG10 3SX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-14
Last: 2026-04-30

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

ESKEBAEK, Thomas Fabritius
director · ~48y · appointed 2016-10-20
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Active
ESKEBAEK, Thomas
secretary · appointed 2016-10-20 · resigned 2019-10-01
Resigned
ESKEBAEK, Thomas Fabritius
director · ~48y · appointed 2016-10-20 · resigned 2018-10-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Helen Jane Chorley
A registered charge1 property09/03/2018
satisfied
Bridgeco
Bridgeco Limited
A registered charge1 property31/03/201712/03/2018
satisfied
Bridgeco
Bridgeco Limited
A registered charge1 property31/03/201712/03/2018
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Recent filings (47 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-05-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-05-19