SOLANUM HOLDINGS LIMITED

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R0000165 · ltd · incorporated 1899-07-12

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£3.66M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -39% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 22.1y

30/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 22.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

217 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,661,580

Net assets shrinking

Down £312,551 YoY

Cash YoY

-39%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£133k

↓ 39% YoY

Net Worth

£3.7m

↓ 7.9% YoY

Current Assets

£141k

↓ 49% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£3.73M	£4.19M
Current assets	£141.4k	£279.5k
Cash	£133.1k	£218.1k
Debtors	£8.3k	£61.4k
Net assets	£3.66M	£3.97M

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

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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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-01-27
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2025-01-31
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accounts · AA
2024-06-06
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address · AD01
2024-01-29
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accounts · AA
2023-02-10
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mortgage · MR04
2023-02-10
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mortgage · MR04
2023-02-10
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Charge satisfied #2
2023-02-10
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Charge satisfied #1
2023-01-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
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accounts · AA
2021-12-15
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officers · AP01
2021-12-01
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GILBERT, Matthew Ferguson appointed
director
2021-04-26
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2021-03-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-03-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-06
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accounts · AA
2019-08-07
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-04-29
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2014-04-11
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Community Windpower Limited
2004-04-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
2003-12-08
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GILBERT, William Stephen resigned
director
2002-01-14
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AVES, Harold N resigned
director
1899-07-12
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Company incorporated
As SOLANUM HOLDINGS LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — GILBERT, Matthew Ferguson (same surname) appointed 2021-12-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 127 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Thomas Mccausland Gilbert Individual · British · DOB 05/1953 · age 73	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Patricia Gilbert Individual · British · DOB 11/1954 · age 72	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	16/06/2020

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1899-07-12

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

17 Clarendon Road

Clarendon Dock

Belfast

BT1 3BG

Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-16

Last: 2026-05-02

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

GILBERT, Thomas Mccausland→

secretary

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Active

GILBERT, Matthew Ferguson→

director · ~37y · appointed 2021-12-01

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Active

GILBERT, Patricia→

director · ~72y

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Active

GILBERT, Thomas Mccausland→

director · ~73y

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Active

AVES, Harold N→

director · ~107y · resigned 2002-01-14

Resigned

GILBERT, William Stephen→

director · ~114y · resigned 2003-12-08

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Community Windpower Community Windpower Limited	A registered charge	1 property	11/04/2014	10/02/2023
	satisfied	Aib Group (UK) Aib Group (UK) PLC	Mortgage or charge	1 property	28/04/2004	10/02/2023

Recent filings (217 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-01-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-01-31

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-06-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-01-29

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-02

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-29

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2023-02-10

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2023-02-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-01-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-12-15

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2021-12-15