HOWDEN PROPERTY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC521830 · ltd · incorporated 2015-12-04
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£26.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £26,339

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£26k
↑ 4.9% YoY
Current Assets
£6k
↓ 32% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£5k£11k£16k£21k£26kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£26.3k£25.1k
Current assets£6.3k£9.3k
Net assets£26.3k£25.1k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2018-12-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2018-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-08-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2017-08-18
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  14. 2017-08-18
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2017-08-01
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    SANDERSON, Helen Jane appointed
    secretary
  16. 2017-08-01
    ➖
    PAGAN OSBORNE LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2015-12-04
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    Company incorporated
    As HOWDEN PROPERTY LIMITED
  18. 2015-12-04
    ➕
    SANDERSON, Helen Jane appointed
    director
  19. 2015-12-04
    ➕
    SANDERSON, Roderick David Howden appointed
    director
  20. 2015-12-04
    ➕
    PAGAN OSBORNE LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2015-12-04
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Roderick David Howden Sanderson
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 06/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Helen Jane Sanderson
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 01/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-12-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Cassenvey
Balmaclellan
Castle Douglas
DG7 3QW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-14
Last: 2025-11-30

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

SANDERSON, Helen Jane→
secretary · appointed 2017-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SANDERSON, Helen Jane→
director · ~64y · appointed 2015-12-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SANDERSON, Roderick David Howden→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-12-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PAGAN OSBORNE LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2015-12-04 · resigned 2017-08-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-05