BLACK BUTTONS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10760485 · ltd · incorporated 2017-05-09
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 8.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£120.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
66/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Special-situation opportunityDistressed holding with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.
Opportunity 66/100 (strong), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
11 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 8.8y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
11 charges (11/11 with lender, 11/11 with type)
90
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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
31 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
66/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
64
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £120,202
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£120k
↑ 23% YoY
Current Assets
£12k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £36.3k | £13.5k |
| Current assets | £12.2k | £17.7k |
| Net assets | £120.2k | £97.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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 (33 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-20📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-10-20📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-10-20🔓Charge satisfied #11
- 2025-10-20🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2024-12-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-09-03🔒Charge registered #11Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
- 2019-01-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-01-25🔒Charge registered #10Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
- 2019-01-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-10-16🔒Charge registered #9Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
- 2018-08-29📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-08-28🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
- 2018-05-30📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-05-30🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
- 2018-02-27📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-02-16🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
- 2018-01-22📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-01-12🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
- 2017-12-15🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
- 2017-12-15🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
- 2017-09-28🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
- 2017-09-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
- 2017-05-09🏢Company incorporatedAs BLACK BUTTONS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED
- 2017-05-09➕GREAVES, Stuart Christopher appointeddirector
- 2017-05-09➕GREAVES, Victoria appointeddirector
Owner dependency
79/100
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
- +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
46/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 high · 1 lowConfirmation statement overdue
highAnnual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.
Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-08
9 live charges
lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Victoria Greaves Individual · British · DOB 06/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 09/05/2017 |
Mr Stuart Christopher Greaves Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 09/05/2017 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-05-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management
Registered office
2 Rose Cottages
Ashprington
Totnes
TQ9 7UN
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-08OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-24
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
GREAVES, Stuart Christopher→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2017-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GREAVES, Victoria→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2017-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
11
Total charges
9
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:11 of 11 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Shawbrook Shawbrook Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 03/09/2019 | 20/10/2025 | |
| outstanding | Shawbrook Shawbrook Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 25/01/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | Shawbrook Shawbrook Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 16/10/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | Shawbrook Shawbrook Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 28/08/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | Shawbrook Shawbrook Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/05/2018 | — | |
| satisfied | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 16/02/2018 | 20/10/2025 | |
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 12/01/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | 7 properties | 15/12/2017 | — | |
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 15/12/2017 | — | |
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 28/09/2017 | — | |
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 28/09/2017 | — |
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Recent filings (31 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-26
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-10-20
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-05