{"name":"DARWIN PROPERTIES LIMITED","company_number":"05954160","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2006-10-03","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Blythe House, 29 Belle Vue Gardens, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, United Kingdom, SY3 7JH","postcode":"SY3 7JH","sic_codes":[{"code":68209,"description":"Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Micro","year_end":"31 March","last_made_up_to":"2026-03-31","next_due":"2027-12-31"},"employees":null,"financials":[{"financial_date":"2024-03-31","net_assets":29287},{"financial_date":"2023-03-31","net_assets":12878},{"financial_date":"2022-03-31","net_assets":12695},{"financial_date":"2021-03-31","net_assets":13358},{"financial_date":"2020-03-31","net_assets":11082}],"officers":{"current":3,"resigned":0,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":3,"outstanding":3},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Darwin Properties Limited operates as a small-scale, highly leveraged residential property investor in the Shrewsbury market, holding what is likely a 1-2 property portfolio with approximately £325,000 in fixed assets. While the company has demonstrated commendable equity rebuilding — progressing from near-insolvency in 2016 (£91 net assets) to £41,945 by 2025 — its 87% loan-to-value ratio and persistent £200k+ working capital deficit leave it structurally vulnerable to interest rate shocks, void periods, and regulatory costs. The business occupies a niche position common among family-controlled buy-to-let operators, but lacks the scale, liquidity, and balance sheet resilience to be considered competitively robust within the broader UK private rented sector.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/darwin-properties","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/darwin-properties/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/darwin-properties/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05954160","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/darwin-properties/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/darwin-properties/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/darwin-properties/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/darwin-properties/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/darwin-properties"}