ORBY PROPERTIES LTD

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NI035444 · ltd · incorporated 1999-01-11
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 19.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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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 with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 19.6y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.6 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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees200200

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-29
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  2. 2024-10-30
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  3. 2023-10-19
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  4. 2023-10-11
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  5. 2023-10-11
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  6. 2023-10-11
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  7. 2023-03-31
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    GAGE, James Beattie appointed
    secretary
  8. 2023-03-31
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    MCCANDLESS, Christopher resigned
    secretary
  9. 2023-03-31
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    MCCANDLESS, Christopher resigned
    director
  10. 2023-02-27
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  11. 2021-10-29
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  12. 2021-08-05
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  13. 2021-03-29
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    JOHNSTON, James Alexander Hugh resigned
    director
  14. 2021-01-28
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  15. 2019-10-30
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  16. 2018-11-30
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  17. 2017-10-31
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  18. 2016-11-04
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  19. 2016-03-14
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  20. 2010-08-24
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
  21. 2006-10-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
  22. 2006-08-24
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    JORDAN, Andrew Sloane resigned
    director
  23. 2004-04-05
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    GAGE, James Beattie appointed
    director
  24. 2004-04-05
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    GRAHAM, Duncan appointed
    director
  25. 2004-04-05
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    JORDAN, Andrew Sloane appointed
    director
  26. 1999-02-01
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    JOHNSTON, James Alexander Hugh appointed
    director
  27. 1999-02-01
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    MCCANDLESS, Christopher appointed
    director
  28. 1999-01-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ORBY PROPERTIES LTD
  29. 1999-01-11
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    MCCANDLESS, Christopher appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Beattie Gage
Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-01-11
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Johnston Kennedy Dfk
10 Pilots View
Heron Road
Belfast
BT3 9LE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-25
Last: 2026-01-11

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

GAGE, James Beattie→
secretary · appointed 2023-03-31
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Active
GAGE, James Beattie→
director · ~64y · appointed 2004-04-05
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Active
GRAHAM, Duncan→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-04-05
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Active
MCCANDLESS, Christopher→
secretary · appointed 1999-01-11 · resigned 2023-03-31
Resigned
JOHNSTON, James Alexander Hugh→
director · ~71y · appointed 1999-02-01 · resigned 2021-03-29
Resigned
JORDAN, Andrew Sloane→
director · ~71y · appointed 2004-04-05 · resigned 2006-08-24
Resigned
MCCANDLESS, Christopher→
director · ~56y · appointed 1999-02-01 · resigned 2023-03-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
NatWest Group
Ulster Bank Limited
Mortgage and charge1 property24/08/2010—
outstanding
NatWest Group
Ulster Bank Limited
Solicitors letter of undertaking1 property03/10/2006—
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Recent filings (78 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-10-11
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-10-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-31