FORTFIELD PROPERTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
NI011117 · ltd · incorporated 1976-01-20
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 47.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
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
Strong opportunity: property-backed borrower with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 47.8y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 47.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
124 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
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
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£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 employees100100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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  2. 2024-12-23
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  3. 2024-01-11
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  4. 2023-01-05
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  5. 2022-03-25
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  6. 2021-11-03
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  7. 2021-10-04
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  8. 2021-08-31
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  9. 2021-08-31
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  10. 2021-08-31
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  11. 2021-08-31
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  12. 2021-07-27
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2021-07-22
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  14. 2021-07-22
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  15. 2021-07-22
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  16. 2021-06-16
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  17. 2021-06-16
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  18. 2021-06-16
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  19. 2021-06-16
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  20. 2021-06-14
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    PATTERSON WILSON, Rachel Jane appointed
    director
  21. 2021-06-14
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    PATTERSON, George resigned
    secretary
  22. 2021-06-14
    ➖
    PATTERSON, Evelyn resigned
    director
  23. 2021-06-14
    ➖
    PATTERSON, George resigned
    director
  24. 2021-06-07
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    WILSON, Jonathan William appointed
    director
  25. 2021-06-07
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  26. 1978-09-08
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Northern Bank Limited
  27. 1978-08-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Northern Bank Limited
  28. 1976-01-20
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    Company incorporated
    As FORTFIELD PROPERTIES LIMITED
  29. 1976-01-20
    ➕
    PATTERSON, George appointed
    secretary
  30. 1976-01-20
    ➕
    PATTERSON, Evelyn appointed
    director
  31. 1976-01-20
    ➕
    PATTERSON, 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

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 50 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 Jonathan William Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting22/07/2021
Mrs Rachel Jane Patterson-Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting22/07/2021
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr George Pattersonceased 02/08/2021· significant influence
  • Mrs Evelyn Pattersonceased 02/08/2021· significant influence

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
Incorporated1976-01-20
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Linenhall Exchange
26 Linenhall Street
Belfast
BT2 8BG
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-09
Last: 2025-07-26

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

PATTERSON WILSON, Rachel Jane→
director · ~54y · appointed 2021-06-14
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Active
WILSON, Jonathan William→
director · ~56y · appointed 2021-06-07
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Active
PATTERSON, George→
secretary · appointed 1976-01-20 · resigned 2021-06-14
Resigned
PATTERSON, Evelyn→
director · ~87y · appointed 1976-01-20 · resigned 2021-06-14
Resigned
PATTERSON, George→
director · ~87y · appointed 1976-01-20 · resigned 2021-06-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Northern Bank
Northern Bank Limited
Floating charge1 property08/09/1978—
outstanding
Northern Bank
Northern Bank Limited
Floating charge1 property16/08/1978—
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Recent filings (124 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-12
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-08-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-08-31