MALBERN LIMITED, EN11 0FJ : Companies House Number 03088056

Executive summary

Malbern Limited is a conservatively-run, family-controlled property investment vehicle that has delivered consistent asset growth over a decade, accumulating £4.71M in net assets across what appears to be a modest regional property portfolio. Its defining characteristic — near-zero leverage coupled with substantial cash reserves — provides exceptional resilience in the current high-interest-rate environment but simultaneously represents a significant capital efficiency gap, with approximately 40% of net assets held in low-yielding cash rather than deployed into income-producing property. The company's modest dividend extraction and director-led valuations suggest a long-horizon, low-complexity operation that prioritises stability over growth optimisation.

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Shareholders' funds

£4,710,446

Balance sheet as at 2025-07-31

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Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1995-08-07
Employees: 3 (2025 accounts)
Registered office: Unit 14, Hoddesdon Enterprise Centre, Pindar Road, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, EN11 0FJ
Postcode: EN11 0FJ
Capital: 10,001 GBP
Accounts category: Total Exemption Full
Charges: 2 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Next due by: 2027-04-30
Financial year end: 31 July

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2026-08-06
Next due by: 2027-08-20

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Nature of business (SIC)

68209 Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Officers 3 current · 9 resigned

MRS Leo Michael DOWNES Secretary

Appointed 2014-04-16

MRS Julie Ann DOWNES Director

Appointed 2013-04-30

MR Leo Michael DOWNES Director

Appointed 2009-02-01

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Previous company names

Name	Date changed
RIALTO (BATTERSEA) LIMITED	1997-12-11
IBIS (304) LIMITED	1996-01-24

Previous registered addresses 5

Address	Changed on
C/O GEO. LITTLE, SEBIRE & CO, OLIVER HOUSE 23 WINDMILL HILL, ENFIELD, MIDDLESEX, EN2 7AB	2020-10-06
GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 10/08/2009 FROM, 235 OLD MARYLEBONE ROAD, LONDON, NW1 5QT	2009-08-10
235 OLD MARYLEBONE ROAD, LONDON, NW1 5QT	2009-08-10
BAYFORDBURY, LOWER HATFIELD ROAD, HERTFORD, SG13 8EE	2005-02-07
2 SERJEANTS INN, LONDON, EC4Y 1LT	1996-01-22

Among its peers

Top 5%

by shareholders' funds, of 2,006 similar companies in EN

Among the biggest employers among its local peers (3 staff).

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1995.

338 companies are registered at this postcode →

Competitors Enfield

1. J J FOOD SERVICE HOLDINGS LIMITED

£62,991,274
2. DIAMOND CORPORATION LIMITED

£52,561,796
3. ROBERT DEARDS LIMITED

£30,518,910
4. DEARDS SERVICES LIMITED

£27,838,339
5. KARA MANAGEMENT LTD

£23,106,812

This company ranks 56 among other letting and operating of own or leased real estate in Enfield.

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The class of 1995

75%

of the 1,266 companies in this sector incorporated in 1995 are still active today; 23% have since been dissolved.

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

Property in England & Wales 9 titles

Freehold: 6
Leasehold: 3
Most recent registration: 2015-11-24
Price paid, where recorded: £825,500
Where: Greater London (5), Hertfordshire (2), Norfolk (1)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
NK453067	Norfolk	Freehold	2015-11-24	£200,000
AGL343259	Greater London	Leasehold	2015-05-18	—
NGL254950	Greater London	Freehold	2013-01-28	£290,000
AGL211111	Greater London	Leasehold	2010-02-18	£198,000
HD66074	Hertfordshire	Freehold	2009-09-15	—
EX756134	Essex	Freehold	2005-10-31	—
HD446289	Hertfordshire	Freehold	2005-10-31	—
AGL85664	Greater London	Leasehold	2000-12-14	£137,500
TGL120091	Greater London	Freehold	1996-05-17	—

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