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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Asset base steady — strong defensive profile, no urgency cue.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£28.4k

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: high (82/100)

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Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

26 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

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £28,417

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£28k

↑ 7.9% YoY

Current Assets

£393k

↑ 6139% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£28.4k	£26.3k	£25.1k
Current assets	£393.2k	£6.3k	£9.3k
Net assets	£28.4k	£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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-05-20
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2023-03-27
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2022-06-21
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2021-04-14
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2020-06-12
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2019-05-23
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2018-12-03
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2018-12-03
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2018-09-10
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2017-08-23
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2017-08-18
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2017-08-18
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officers · TM02
2017-08-01
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SANDERSON, Helen Jane appointed
secretary
2017-08-01
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PAGAN OSBORNE LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2015-12-04
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Company incorporated
As HOWDEN PROPERTY LIMITED
2015-12-04
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SANDERSON, Helen Jane appointed
director
2015-12-04
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SANDERSON, Roderick David Howden appointed
director
2015-12-04
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PAGAN OSBORNE LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Roderick David Howden Sanderson Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 06/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Helen Jane Sanderson Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 01/1962 · age 64	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-14

Last: 2025-11-30

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

SANDERSON, Helen Jane→

secretary · appointed 2017-08-01

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Active

SANDERSON, Helen Jane→

director · ~64y · appointed 2015-12-04

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Active

SANDERSON, Roderick David Howden→

director · ~67y · appointed 2015-12-04

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Active

PAGAN OSBORNE LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2015-12-04 · resigned 2017-08-01

Resigned

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