8 UPPER HIGH STREET WINCHESTER DEVELOPMENT LTD
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. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 1.5y
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.5 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsFinancials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £618.5k |
| Current assets | £618.5k |
| Net assets | £-2.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-11-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-08-27📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-08-14🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Mint Property Finance Limited
- 2025-01-10📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-01-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-01-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-11-20📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-11-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Mint Property Finance Limited
- 2024-10-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-10-01➕ADKINS, Christina Maria appointeddirector
- 2024-04-21🏢Company incorporatedAs 8 UPPER HIGH STREET WINCHESTER DEVELOPMENT LTD
- 2024-04-21➕ADKINS, Dean Anthony appointeddirector
- 2024-04-21📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +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.
- +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
Adkins Property Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Adkins Property Group Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 02/07/2025 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Selway Joyce Group Limitedceased 30/04/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Filing status
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Mint Property Finance Mint Property Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 14/08/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Mint Property Finance Mint Property Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 19/11/2024 | — |