EASTHAVEN PROPERTIES LIMITED
- · Oldest live charge 21.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Refinance opportunity
5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.1y
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 21.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £93.3k | £97.5k |
| Current assets | £3.5k | £6.8k |
| Net assets | £93.3k | £97.5k |
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
- • 1 accounts
- • 4 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-12➖CUTHBERTSON, Susan resigneddirector
- 2022-12-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-12-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-07➕CUTHBERTSON, Susan appointeddirector
- 2019-02-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-02-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2017-02-20➖ROBBIE, Duncan Christopher resignedsecretary
- 2016-11-01➖ROBBIE, Duncan Christopher resigneddirector
- 2007-03-28🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Adam & Company PLC
- 2007-03-22🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2007-02-28🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Adam & Company PLC
- 2007-02-27🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Adam & Company PLC
- 2007-02-27🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Adam & Company PLC
- 2005-04-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2004-12-14🏢Company incorporatedAs EASTHAVEN PROPERTIES LIMITED
- 2004-12-14➕CUTHBERTSON, Brian Hugh, Doctor appointeddirector
- 2004-12-14➕ERSKINE, Neil appointeddirector
- 2004-12-14➕ROBBIE, Duncan Christopher appointedsecretary
- 2004-12-14➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-12-14➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-12-14➕ROBBIE, Duncan Christopher appointeddirector
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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Doctor Brian Hugh Cuthbertson Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Neil Erskine Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Susan Cuthbertsonceased 01/10/2022· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Filing status
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Adam & Company Adam & Company PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 28/03/2007 | — | |
| outstanding | Adam & Company Adam & Company PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 28/02/2007 | — | |
| outstanding | Adam & Company Adam & Company PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 27/02/2007 | — | |
| outstanding | Adam & Company Adam & Company PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 27/02/2007 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 01/04/2005 | 22/03/2007 |