AKU PROPERTIES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
10721634 · ltd · incorporated 2017-04-12
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
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
Property-backed borrower. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (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. 6 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

7 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 9.0y

15/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)
90
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees1100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 2 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-14
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2026-05-14
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
  3. 2026-04-02
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2026-04-02
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    Charge satisfied #3
  5. 2026-01-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-06-07
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  8. 2024-05-24
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: The Mortgage Lender Limited
  9. 2024-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-12-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2022-12-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2022-01-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-05-17
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2021-05-17
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2021-05-14
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Lendinvest Btl Limited
  17. 2021-05-13
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Lendinvest Btl Limited
  18. 2021-04-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-11-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2020-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2019-04-05
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  22. 2019-04-03
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Kensington Mortgage Company Limited
  23. 2019-01-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  24. 2019-01-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  25. 2018-06-29
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Chartert Court Financial Services Limited
  26. 2017-07-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: One Savings Bank PLC
  27. 2017-04-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AKU PROPERTIES LIMITED
  28. 2017-04-12
    GABORIN, Mauro Giuseppe appointed
    director

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 low
6 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mauro Giuseppe Gaborin
Individual · Italian · DOB 09/1976 · age 50
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control12/04/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Patrizia Favarettoceased 14/12/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-04-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

First Floor, Units 3/4 Cranmere Court, Lustleigh Close
Matford Business Park
Exeter
Devon
EX2 8PW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last: 2025-12-14

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

GABORIN, Mauro Giuseppe
director · ~50y · appointed 2017-04-12
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Mortgages & charges

7
Total charges
6
Outstanding
5
Active lenders
Status:Lender:7 of 7 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
The Mortgage Works (UK)
The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property14/05/2026
outstanding
The Mortgage Lender
The Mortgage Lender Limited
A registered charge1 property24/05/2024
outstanding
LendInvest
Lendinvest Btl Limited
A registered charge1 property14/05/2021
outstanding
LendInvest
Lendinvest Btl Limited
A registered charge1 property13/05/2021
satisfied
Kensington Mortgage Company
Kensington Mortgage Company Limited
A registered charge1 property03/04/201902/04/2026
outstanding
Chartert Court Financial Services
Chartert Court Financial Services Limited
A registered charge1 property29/06/2018
outstanding
Kent Reliance / OSB
One Savings Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property14/07/2017
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Recent filings (31 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-05-14
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-04