G.W.RUDD LIMITED
Company number 00096813 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
G.W. Rudd Limited is a century-old, family-controlled Bishop Auckland property vehicle with a fundamentally sound but strategically dormant balance sheet: £464k of net assets, 90% equity-funded, zero bank debt, and 95% of assets in a single, locally concentrated property portfolio. Its competitive strength is cost discipline and an unencumbered asset base with roughly £245k–£295k of unused debt capacity; its binding constraints are acute liquidity tightness, a valuation cushion over half of net worth that is now more than two years stale, and a fragmented ownership register that slows decisive action. The value-creating path is narrow but clear — refresh the valuation, quantify the EPC liability, and put three scenarios (hold, lever-and-acquire, orderly disposal) to shareholders, because the status quo is quietly eroding equity at a rate the current operating model cannot reverse.
Shareholders' funds
£471,133
Balance sheet as at 2026-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1908-02-12
- Employees
- 3 (2026 accounts)
- Registered office
- Rudland House, Railway Street, Bishop Auckland, Co Durham, DL14 7LR
- Postcode
- DL14 7LR
- Capital
- 22,197 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-26
- Next due by
- 2027-04-09
Nature of business (SIC)
- 68209 Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Officers 5 current · 3 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| KINGSWAY, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DURHAM | 1988-04-15 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 677 similar companies in DL
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (3 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1908.
Competitors Darlington
This company ranks 92 among other letting and operating of own or leased real estate in Darlington.