EMPIRE STATE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC336178 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-15
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 18.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£218.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does

Likely a small Scottish real estate firm focused on buying and selling property on its own account, though its micro-entity accounts, limited SIC activity, and recent director changes suggest it may operate as a modest holding or investment vehicle rather than an active trading operation.

Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 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

4 live charges · oldest 18.1y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 33/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
61 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 £218,929

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£219k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£103k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£44k£88k£131k£175k£219kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£288.4k£271.0k
Current assets£103.1k£91.4k
Net assets£218.9k£197.5k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-10
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    JABBAR, Mohammed Kashaf appointed
    director
  2. 2026-03-10
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  3. 2025-10-15
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  4. 2025-02-07
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  5. 2025-02-07
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  6. 2025-02-07
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  7. 2025-02-07
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  8. 2025-02-07
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  9. 2024-09-05
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    BASHIR, Abdul Jabbar appointed
    director
  10. 2024-09-05
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    JABBAR, Mohammed Kashaf resigned
    secretary
  11. 2024-09-05
    ➖
    JABBAR, Mohammed Qasim resigned
    director
  12. 2024-09-05
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    JABBAR, Mohammed Kashaf resigned
    director
  13. 2024-09-04
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  14. 2023-10-26
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  15. 2023-01-30
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  16. 2021-10-29
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  17. 2020-10-28
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  18. 2019-10-30
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  19. 2018-10-22
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  20. 2017-10-23
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  21. 2008-11-17
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    BASHIR, Abdul Jabbar resigned
    director
  22. 2008-06-04
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 2008-06-04
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 2008-06-04
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  25. 2008-04-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 2008-03-12
    ➕
    JABBAR, Samina appointed
    director
  27. 2008-03-12
    ➕
    JABBAR, Mohammed Qasim appointed
    director
  28. 2008-01-15
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    Company incorporated
    As EMPIRE STATE LIMITED
  29. 2008-01-15
    ➕
    JABBAR, Mohammed Kashaf appointed
    secretary
  30. 2008-01-15
    ➕
    AFT SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  31. 2008-01-15
    ➖
    AFT SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  32. 2008-01-15
    ➕
    BASHIR, Abdul Jabbar appointed
    director
  33. 2008-01-15
    ➕
    JABBAR, Mohammed Kashaf appointed
    director
  34. 2008-01-15
    ➕
    AFT DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  35. 2008-01-15
    ➖
    AFT DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Samina Jabbar
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting15/01/2017

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
Incorporated2008-01-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

10 Malcolm Street
Motherwell
Lanarkshire
ML1 3HY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-21
Last: 2026-02-07

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

BASHIR, Abdul Jabbar→
director · ~67y · appointed 2024-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JABBAR, Mohammed Kashaf→
director · ~41y · appointed 2026-03-10
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Active
JABBAR, Samina→
director · ~63y · appointed 2008-03-12
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Active
JABBAR, Mohammed Kashaf→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-15 · resigned 2024-09-05
Resigned
AFT SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-01-15 · resigned 2008-01-15
Resigned
BASHIR, Abdul Jabbar→
director · ~67y · appointed 2008-01-15 · resigned 2008-11-17
Resigned
JABBAR, Mohammed Qasim→
director · ~38y · appointed 2008-03-12 · resigned 2024-09-05
Resigned
JABBAR, Mohammed Kashaf→
director · ~41y · appointed 2008-01-15 · resigned 2024-09-05
Resigned
AFT DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-01-15 · resigned 2008-01-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property04/06/2008—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property04/06/2008—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property04/06/2008—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property01/04/2008—
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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-07
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officers · TM02
2025-02-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-08
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