23/23A ST ANDREWS ROAD LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10528625 · ltd · incorporated 2016-12-16
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-898
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £898

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£898
~ YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
-£898-£898-£898-£898-£898-£898Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-298£-298
Net assets£-898£-898

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-01-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-09-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-03-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2018-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-01-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2016-12-16
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    Company incorporated
    As 23/23A ST ANDREWS ROAD LIMITED
  12. 2016-12-16
    MCDONNELL, Geraldine appointed
    director
  13. 2016-12-16
    MCDONNELL, Mark Oliver appointed
    director
  14. 2016-12-16
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +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 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited 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

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Oliver Mcdonnell
Individual · Irish · DOB 09/1976 · age 50
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/12/2016
Mrs Geraldine Mcdonnell
Individual · Irish · DOB 12/1973 · age 53
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/12/2016

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
Incorporated2016-12-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

6-8 Dudley Street
Luton
LU2 0NT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-18
Last: 2025-12-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCDONNELL, Geraldine
director · ~53y · appointed 2016-12-16
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Active
MCDONNELL, Mark Oliver
director · ~50y · appointed 2016-12-16
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Recent filings (20 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-09-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-03-27