44 PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10561988 · ltd · incorporated 2017-01-13
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-46.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of commercial buildings
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 77/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £46,697

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£47k
Current Assets
£10k
Current Liabilities
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-£47k-£35k-£24k-£13k-£1k£10kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-46.7k—
Current assets£10.1k—
Debtors£10.1k—
Net assets£-46.7k—
Average employees—400

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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  2. 2024-11-07
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  3. 2024-08-29
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  4. 2024-08-29
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  5. 2024-08-29
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  6. 2024-08-29
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  7. 2023-11-10
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  8. 2022-11-24
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  9. 2021-12-03
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  10. 2021-01-20
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  11. 2019-12-20
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  12. 2018-12-31
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  13. 2018-10-23
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  14. 2018-10-11
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  15. 2018-10-11
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  16. 2017-09-21
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  17. 2017-01-13
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    Company incorporated
    As 44 PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
  18. 2017-01-13
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    BACON, Colin Leslie appointed
    director
  19. 2017-01-13
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    BACON, Leonie Jane appointed
    director
  20. 2017-01-13
    ➕
    JONES, Graham Howard appointed
    director
  21. 2017-01-13
    ➕
    JONES, Shirley appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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 Graham Howard Jones
Individual · British · DOB 10/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares13/01/2017
Mr Colin Leslie Bacon
Individual · British · DOB 09/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares13/01/2017

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
Incorporated2017-01-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41201 — Construction of commercial buildings

Registered office

1 Kestrel Way Eagle Business Park
Yaxley
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE7 3GQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-26
Last: 2026-02-12

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

BACON, Colin Leslie→
director · ~56y · appointed 2017-01-13
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Active
BACON, Leonie Jane→
director · ~41y · appointed 2017-01-13
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Active
JONES, Graham Howard→
director · ~75y · appointed 2017-01-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Shirley→
director · ~75y · appointed 2017-01-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (26 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-15