ALBATROSS LENDING LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
12540342 · ltd · incorporated 2020-03-31
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 3.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other credit granting n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.5y

55/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Charge age ~3.5 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees900700

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-07-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-02-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-10-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-02-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-02-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-02-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2023-02-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2023-02-07
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2023-01-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Pasadina Investment Limited
  14. 2023-01-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2023-01-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2023-01-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  17. 2023-01-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2021-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2021-07-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2021-07-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  22. 2020-08-04
    CLARE, Michael George resigned
    director
  23. 2020-03-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALBATROSS LENDING LTD
  24. 2020-03-31
    CASSERLEY, Lewis Paul appointed
    director
  25. 2020-03-31
    FEARNLEY BROWN, Jordan Harry appointed
    director
  26. 2020-03-31
    CLARE, Michael George appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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.)

Group structure

Albatross Lending Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Albatross Lending Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ALBATROSS LENDING LTD
This company · 12540342

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Albatross Lending Group Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control15/01/2021
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Lewis Paul Casserleyceased 15/01/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Jordan Harry Fearnley Brownceased 15/01/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Michael George Clareceased 04/08/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2020-03-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64929 — Other credit granting n.e.c.

Registered office

Aston House
Cornwall Avenue
London
N3 1LF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-25
Last: 2026-02-11

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

CASSERLEY, Lewis Paul
director · ~32y · appointed 2020-03-31
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Active
FEARNLEY BROWN, Jordan Harry
director · ~32y · appointed 2020-03-31
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Active
CLARE, Michael George
director · ~71y · appointed 2020-03-31 · resigned 2020-08-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Pasadina Investment / Cootes Holdings / East Hill Property / Bindesh Savjani
Pasadina Investment Limited / Cootes Holdings Limited / East Hill Property Limited / Bindesh Savjani
A registered charge1 property26/01/2023
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Recent filings (37 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-10