Property mini-bond issuer stops paying; administrators expect little for bondholders
Blackmore Bond plc · Property mini-bonds
The case in brief
Visible before detection
Checks that could have surfaced it, on hindsight
Collateral & double pledge
Would have shown that later lenders held security ranking ahead of the bonds.
Can mislead when: Pledges made off the registries stay invisible, and vague invoice descriptions are hard to match.
Unit economics & burn
Would have tested whether project income could cover 6.5 to 10 percent interest.
Can mislead when: Cost allocation is a judgement call. Kubr shows its assumptions and lets the user change them.
Ownership / related-party links
Would have mapped the SPV and fee recipients to the promoters.
Can mislead when: Nominee directors and offshore layers hide links. Name matching throws up false positives, so every flag shows its evidence path.
End-use tracing of funds
Would have followed how much of each pound raised reached property.
Can mislead when: Kubr sees only the company's own accounts. Once money reaches a third party's bank, Kubr can flag the payee but cannot see the next hop without that party's consent.
Where Kubr services would have helped
Valuation context
Offered in India- C9 Would have tested whether project income could cover 6.5 to 10 percent interest.
Borrower monitor
Offered in India- C3 Would have mapped the SPV and fee recipients to the promoters.
- C6 Would have followed how much of each pound raised reached property.
- C13 Would have shown that later lenders held security ranking ahead of the bonds.
Verified Snapshot
Offered in India- C3 Would have mapped the SPV and fee recipients to the promoters.
- C13 Would have shown that later lenders held security ranking ahead of the bonds.
Financial diligence
Offered in India- C3 Would have mapped the SPV and fee recipients to the promoters.
- C9 Would have tested whether project income could cover 6.5 to 10 percent interest.
Mapped from the checks each service runs. A hindsight reading of public records, not a promise that the failure would have been found.
Same pattern
A summary of public documents. It reports what the sources say. It is not Kubr's finding and not a statement of guilt.