ANCHOR PROPERTIES RESIDENTIAL LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC558452 · ltd · incorporated 2017-02-23
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.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 5 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
- · Hygiene score: 50 → 90
- · Bankability: 60 → 80
- · Deal-killer verdict: complicated → clean
- · Opportunity score: 69 → 79
Opportunity decay
hardening · 6-months
Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.
- · 5 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
What changed my view
Last 30 days
Picture improved over the last 30 days — 5 positive signals vs 0 negative.
- ↑Deal-killer verdict: complicated → clean
- ↑Opportunity score: 69 → 79
- ↑Hygiene score: 50 → 90
- ↑Bankability: 60 → 80
- ↑Filings: 19 → 22
- +1 more
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£11.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: property-backed borrower with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.3y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.3 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (87/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
22 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.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £11,085
Key financials
3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£11k
↑ 45% YoY
Current Assets
£18k
↑ 46% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-28 | 2023-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £108.1k | £7.6k | — |
| Current assets | £18.0k | £12.3k | — |
| Net assets | £11.1k | £7.6k | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 1 gazette
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 dissolution
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 dissolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-22📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2026-06-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-05-20📄dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspendeddissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
- 2026-04-28📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-04-14📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-04-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
- 2025-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-23🏢Company incorporatedAs ANCHOR PROPERTIES RESIDENTIAL LIMITED
- 2017-02-23➕CRAWFORD, Ian Alexander appointeddirector
- 2017-02-23➕CRAWFORD, Janice appointeddirector
- 2017-02-23📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
79/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 Ian Alexander Crawford Individual · Scottish · DOB 11/1962 · age 64 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 23/02/2017 |
Mrs Janice Crawford Individual · Scottish · DOB 05/1962 · age 64 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 23/02/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-02-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Registered office
Office 5 15 Forrest Street
Blantyre
G72 0JP
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-02
Last: 2025-11-18
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
CRAWFORD, Ian Alexander→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2017-02-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CRAWFORD, Janice→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2017-02-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/04/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (22 total)
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-18
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2026-05-20
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-07
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22