BALBOA ESTATES LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC756668 · ltd · incorporated 2023-01-26
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
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 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).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 2.9y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 2.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 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
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
15 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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £416.2k |
| Cash | — | £1.9k |
| Net assets | — | £144.6k |
| Average employees | 2 | — |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-07-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-07-05🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
- 2023-07-05🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
- 2023-06-22📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-06-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
- 2023-02-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-02-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-02-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-01-27➕TAYLOR, Lorna appointeddirector
- 2023-01-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-26🏢Company incorporatedAs BALBOA ESTATES LIMITED
- 2023-01-26➕TAYLOR, Marcus appointeddirector
- 2023-01-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-26📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
66/100
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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Lorna Taylor Individual · British · DOB 03/1992 · age 34 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 27/01/2023 |
Mr Marcus Taylor Individual · British · DOB 02/1990 · age 36 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 26/01/2023 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-01-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Registered office
6th Floor Gordon Chambers
90 Mitchell Street
Glasgow
G1 3NQ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-19
Last: 2026-01-05
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
TAYLOR, Lorna→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2023-01-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TAYLOR, Marcus→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2023-01-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 05/07/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 05/07/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC | A registered charge | — | 06/06/2023 | — |
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Recent filings (15 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-07-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-07-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-06-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-02-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-26
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-01-26