BADDOW INVESTMENTS LIMITED

Company number 01163892 ·

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Executive summary

Baddow Investments operates as a conservatively-capitalised, family-controlled property investment vehicle in the North Yorkshire market, with an exceptionally low debt profile (1.5% liabilities-to-assets) that contrasts markedly with sector norms of 30-60% gearing. The company's recent strategic pivot from direct property holdings toward subsidiary investments, combined with a substantial cash buffer of £1.47M, suggests repositioning for opportunistic deployment rather than passive asset management. While the fortress balance sheet provides resilience and optionality, the near-zero leverage likely suppresses returns relative to leveraged competitors, and the modest scale and geographic concentration present ongoing strategic constraints.

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Shareholders' funds

£4,917,827

Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1974-03-21
Employees
4 (2025 accounts · was 3 in 2024)
Registered office
Unit 27 Thornton Road Industrial Estate, Thornton Road, Pickering, England, YO18 7JB
Postcode
YO18 7JB
Capital
340 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full
Charges
0 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-12-31
Next due by
2027-09-30
Financial year end
31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-03-07
Next due by
2027-03-21
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 68100 Buying and selling of own real estate

Officers 4 current · 6 resigned

Appointed 2026-07-08
Derek Winston SHAW Secretary
Chartered Surveyor Appointed 2001-04-17

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Group structure 2 subsidiaries

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z3270157 (Tier 1), registered since 2012.

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Previous company names

NameDate changed
SHARTLAND DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED1979-12-31

Previous registered addresses 5

AddressChanged on
MOORE STEPHENS 50-51 HUNGATE, PICKERING, YO18 7DG, ENGLAND2020-03-26
THE COACH HOUSE, PO BOX 76 BOSTON ROAD, SWINESHEAD, LINCOLNSHIRE, PE20 3NW2016-11-11
GUNNERS HOUSE, 22A ST ANDREWS ROAD SHOEBURYNESS, SOUTHEND ON SEA, SS3 9HX1999-12-21
CAMBRIAN HOUSE, 509/511 CRANBROOK ROAD, GANTS HILL ILFORD, ESSEX IG26ER1997-10-03
26 HIGH STREET, GREAT BADDON, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX1987-03-25

Among its peers

Top 1%

by shareholders' funds, of 731 similar companies in YO

Among the biggest employers among its local peers (4 staff).

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1974.

No.5 of the largest buying and selling of own real estate companies in York →

Competitors York

This company ranks 5 among buying and selling of own real estate in York.

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The class of 1974

54%

of the 5,336 companies incorporated in 1974 are still active today; 39% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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Property in England & Wales 6 titles

Freehold
5
Leasehold
1
Most recent registration
2024-10-09
Price paid, where recorded
£175,000
Where
North Yorkshire (3), Essex (1), Lincolnshire (1)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
EX879408 Essex Leasehold 2024-10-09 £175,000
NYK178960 North Yorkshire Freehold 2021-06-21
NYK256300 North Yorkshire Freehold 2021-06-21
NYK91330 North Yorkshire Freehold 2020-08-25
LL296027 Lincolnshire Freehold 2019-04-04
HS345331 North Lincolnshire Freehold 2008-06-06

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