26 BARBICAN ROAD LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10457288 · ltd · incorporated 2016-11-02
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£1.56M
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
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 70/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
16 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 9.2y
15/100
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.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
16 charges (16/16 with lender, 16/16 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
42 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.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,560,680
Cash draining
Cash down 58% YoY
Cash YoY
-58%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£506
↓ 58% YoY
Net Worth
£1.6m
↑ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↓ 40% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £5.32M | £3.78M |
| Current assets | £3.5k | £5.9k |
| Cash | £506 | £1.2k |
| Debtors | £3.0k | £4.6k |
| Net assets | £1.56M | £1.37M |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-29📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-08-15🔒Charge registered #17Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2024-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-10-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-10-22🔒Charge registered #16Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2024-10-22🔒Charge registered #15Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2024-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-01-02🔒Charge registered #14Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2023-08-07📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-08-07📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-07-28📄court-ordermiscellaneous · OC
- 2023-07-27🔒Charge registered #13Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2023-07-27🔒Charge registered #12Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2023-04-18📄legacymiscellaneous · ANNOTATION
- 2023-04-08📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-03-31🔒Charge registered #10Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2022-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-07📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-08-31🔒Charge registered #9Lender: The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
- 2022-08-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-08-10🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2022-02-01📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-01-13🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2022-01-08📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-12-23🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2021-10-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-05🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2019-07-05🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2019-06-26🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2019-06-12🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2019-06-10🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2017-03-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Onesavings Bank PLC
- 2017-01-07➕BLACKWELL, Laura Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2016-11-02🏢Company incorporatedAs 26 BARBICAN ROAD LIMITED
- 2016-11-02➕BLACKWELL, David Steven appointeddirector
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 low15 live charges
lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr David Steven Blackwell Individual · British · DOB 08/1978 · age 48 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest | 02/11/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| 14 RAMSHILL ROAD (MANAGEMENT) LIMITED→ 09691377 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| A K PROPERTY HOLDINGS LTD→ 11317694 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| A.J.PEPPER LIMITED→ 00425914 · est 1946 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 79y | — | — |
| A&J PROPERTY SOLUTIONS LTD→ 11633266 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| ADAMS & CO PROPERTY HOLDINGS LTD→ 14366861 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ADE INVESTMENTS 13 LTD→ 15947550 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ADE INVESTMENTS 18 LTD→ 16051907 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ADE INVESTMENTS 7 LTD→ 15743944 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ADF PROPERTY RENTALS LIMITED→ 11763668 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| AESUS LIMITED→ 15996300 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AFFORDABLE HOMES TO LET LIMITED→ 12151656 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| AFV PROPERTY LTD→ 10958161 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
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.
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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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-11-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Registered office
254 Tadcaster Road
York
YO24 1ES
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-03
Last: 2025-10-20
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BLACKWELL, David Steven→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2016-11-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BLACKWELL, Laura Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2017-01-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
16
Total charges
15
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:16 of 16 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 15/08/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/10/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/10/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/01/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 27/07/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 27/07/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 31/03/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | The Mortgage Works (UK) The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 31/08/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 10/08/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 13/01/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 23/12/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 05/07/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 05/07/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 26/06/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 10/06/2019 | — | |
| satisfied | Onesavings Bank Onesavings Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/03/2017 | 12/06/2019 |
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Recent filings (42 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-05
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-10-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-08-07
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-08-07
court-order
miscellaneous · OC
2023-07-28
legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2023-04-18
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-04-08