ACHLECK DEVELOPMENTS LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC499691 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-05

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 8.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£33.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Development of building projects

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.2y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 8.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

24 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 £33,297

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£33k

↑ 51% YoY

Current Assets

£65k

↑ 158% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£33.3k	£22.0k
Current assets	£65.3k	£25.3k
Net assets	£33.3k	£22.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-12-19
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accounts · AA
2024-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-02-08
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mortgage · MR01
2018-02-05
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Most Honourable Arthur Francis Nicholas Wills Hill
2017-12-21
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accounts · AA
2017-03-22
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2016-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-25
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annual-return · AR01
2015-03-05
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Company incorporated
As ACHLECK DEVELOPMENTS LTD
2015-03-05
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ROTH, Elizabeth Rebecca appointed
secretary
2015-03-05
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GIBBONS, James appointed
director
2015-03-05
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ROTH, Elizabeth Rebecca appointed
director
2015-03-05
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100

Strong succession signal

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

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.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Miss Elizabeth Rebecca Roth Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr James Gibbons Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61	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

Incorporated2015-03-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

The Old Mill

Torloisk

Isle Of Mull

Argyll

PA74 6NH

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-19

Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ROTH, Elizabeth Rebecca→

secretary · appointed 2015-03-05

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Active

GIBBONS, James→

director · ~61y · appointed 2015-03-05

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ROTH, Elizabeth Rebecca→

director · ~66y · appointed 2015-03-05

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	The Most Honourable Arthur Francis Nicholas Wills Hill / Geoffrey Neil Van Custem	A registered charge	1 property	05/02/2018	—

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