ESSEX PROPERTIES PROFESSIONALS LTD

🌳Matureactive

06511752 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-21

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 16.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£168.8k

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

Investor take

Pursue

Property-backed borrower with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 16.9y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 16.9 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: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

55 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

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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 £168,766

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£169k

↑ 1.2% YoY

Current Assets

£98k

↑ 81136% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-28
Total assets	£276.8k	£279.5k
Current assets	£98.3k	£121
Net assets	£168.8k	£166.7k

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

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 (27 events)Click to expand

2026-02-28
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accounts · AA
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2024-02-19
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2023-02-16
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accounts · AA
2021-11-29
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accounts · AA
2021-02-28
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accounts · AA
2019-11-28
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accounts · AA
2018-11-29
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accounts · AA
2017-11-30
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accounts · AA
2017-07-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-04-03
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address · AD01
2016-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-16
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-11-30
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accounts · AA
2015-06-22
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annual-return · AR01
2014-11-30
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2009-06-17
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2008-11-28
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ODULATE, Timothy Olayinka, Mr. resigned
director
2008-06-22
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HARRISON, Bankole appointed
director
2008-02-22
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2008-02-22
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2008-02-21
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Company incorporated
As ESSEX PROPERTIES PROFESSIONALS LTD
2008-02-21
➕
MORGAN, Festus appointed
secretary
2008-02-21
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MORGAN, Festus appointed
director
2008-02-21
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2008-02-21
➕
ODULATE, Timothy Olayinka, Mr. appointed
director
2008-02-21
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Bankole Harrison Individual · British · DOB 01/1960 · age 66	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	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

Incorporated2008-02-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

2 Henniker Gate

Chelmsford

CM2 6QH

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-29

Last: 2025-05-15

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MORGAN, Festus→

secretary · appointed 2008-02-21

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Active

HARRISON, Bankole→

director · ~66y · appointed 2008-06-22

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Active

MORGAN, Festus→

director · ~64y · appointed 2008-02-21

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Active

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-02-21 · resigned 2008-02-22

Resigned

ODULATE, Timothy Olayinka, Mr.→

director · ~83y · appointed 2008-02-21 · resigned 2008-11-28

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2008-02-21 · resigned 2008-02-22

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	17/06/2009	—

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