ANTONINE BUILDERS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC554615 · ltd · incorporated 2017-01-16
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
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£192.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £192,468
Cash YoY
+18%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£209k
↑ 18% YoY
Net Worth
£192k
↑ 8.0% YoY
Current Assets
£251k
↓ 7.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£54k£108k£163k£217k£271kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£227.7k£199.9k
Current assets£251.2k£270.9k
Cash£208.9k£177.1k
Debtors£42.4k£93.8k
Net assets£192.5k£178.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-04-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-01-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-01-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-01-19
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2023-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-09-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-01-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANTONINE BUILDERS LTD
  16. 2017-01-16
    DEMPSEY, Thomas appointed
    director
  17. 2017-01-16
    HAMILL, Kevin appointed
    director
  18. 2017-01-16
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mr Thomas Dempsey
Individual · British · DOB 01/1981 · age 45
sig. influencesignificant influence16/01/2017
Mr Kevin Hamill
Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56
sig. influencesignificant influence16/01/2017

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
Incorporated2017-01-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings

Registered office

C/O Av Accounting, Suite 14 Ellismuir House
Ellismuir Way
Tannochside
G71 5PW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-29
Last: 2026-01-15

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DEMPSEY, Thomas
director · ~45y · appointed 2017-01-16
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Active
HAMILL, Kevin
director · ~56y · appointed 2017-01-16
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Active

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Recent filings (24 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-03