104/110 CHARING CROSS ROAD (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

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04371213 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-11
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 24.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
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Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 24.1y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
68 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
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £100

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£100
~ YoY
Current Assets
£100
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£20£40£60£80£100Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£878.0k£878.0k
Current assets£100£100
Cash—£100
Net assets£100£100

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

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 (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-06
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  2. 2024-11-24
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  3. 2023-11-27
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  4. 2022-11-08
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  5. 2021-11-25
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  6. 2020-08-28
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  7. 2019-11-30
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  8. 2018-09-24
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  9. 2017-12-20
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  10. 2016-12-04
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  11. 2016-02-18
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  12. 2015-08-06
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  13. 2015-02-10
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  14. 2014-11-10
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  15. 2014-02-10
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  16. 2013-11-19
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    MOSS, Alexander resigned
    director
  17. 2013-11-19
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    MOSS, Samuel Gerald resigned
    director
  18. 2005-03-21
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    COOPER, Allan Brian appointed
    director
  19. 2005-03-21
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    BARRINGTON, Michael resigned
    director
  20. 2002-03-25
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  21. 2002-03-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  22. 2002-02-11
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    Company incorporated
    As 104/110 CHARING CROSS ROAD (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
  23. 2002-02-11
    ➕
    MARKHAM, Howard Saul appointed
    secretary
  24. 2002-02-11
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    MARKHAM, Howard Saul appointed
    director
  25. 2002-02-11
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    SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-02-11
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    SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2002-02-11
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    BARRINGTON, Michael appointed
    director
  28. 2002-02-11
    ➕
    MOSS, Alexander appointed
    director
  29. 2002-02-11
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    MOSS, Samuel Gerald appointed
    director
  30. 2002-02-11
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    SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2002-02-11
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    SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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
Mr Howard Saul Markham
Individual · British · DOB 07/1952 · age 74
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Allan Brian Cooper
Individual · British · DOB 03/1948 · age 78
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-02-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

10 Perrins Lane
Hampstead
London
NW3 1QY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-15
Last: 2026-02-01

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

MARKHAM, Howard Saul→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOPER, Allan Brian→
director · ~78y · appointed 2005-03-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARKHAM, Howard Saul→
director · ~74y · appointed 2002-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-02-11 · resigned 2002-02-11
Resigned
BARRINGTON, Michael→
director · ~91y · appointed 2002-02-11 · resigned 2005-03-21
Resigned
MOSS, Alexander→
director · ~89y · appointed 2002-02-11 · resigned 2013-11-19
Resigned
MOSS, Samuel Gerald→
director · ~92y · appointed 2002-02-11 · resigned 2013-11-19
Resigned
SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-02-11 · resigned 2002-02-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Deed of charge1 property25/03/2002—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Debenture1 property25/03/2002—
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Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
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2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-05
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accounts · AA
2024-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-01