London/England and Wales - June 2026. GalimAI, the UK property-intelligence platform, has published data showing that 10,039 owners, across 5,287 active property companies, hold at least one property rated EPC F or G - meaning it cannot legally be re-let under MEES, cannot be refinanced in that condition, and cannot be sold on the open market as it stands - while also running low or negative cash. In other words, they cannot fund the upgrade that would unlock the asset.
The figure widens sharply when the lens moves to the 2030 deadline. 113,096 owners across 62,166 companies sit below the EPC C standard - the level the whole rented sector must reach by 2030 - with weak or negative cash. "The 10,039 are the ones whose trap has already sprung," said Dror Avital, founder of GalimAI. "The rest are walking into it as the deadline closes."
The data is drawn from Companies House filed accounts, HM Land Registry and EPC records. Regionally the strain is led by the South East, the South West and the North West, with district-level concentration in Cornwall, North Yorkshire, Birmingham, Liverpool and Leeds. The full breakdown is in the GalimAI study, Stuck with a property they can't fix, rent or sell, with a regional map.
Why it's an opportunity
For investors and developers the data functions as a forced-seller list:
- Owners who can't refinance and can't afford to hold typically have one realistic option - to sell.
- The condition that traps the owner is the buyer's margin: acquire at a discount, fund the EPC upgrade, unlock the value.
- The signal sharpens further when stacked with balance-sheet deterioration or an ageing owner.
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What does the GalimAI EPC data show?
That 10,039 owners across 5,287 companies hold an EPC F/G property that can't be re-let, refinanced or sold as-is while low on cash, with a wider 113,096 owners below the EPC C standard and cash-poor ahead of 2030.
Where is the data from?
GalimAI proprietary analysis of Companies House filed accounts, HM Land Registry and EPC records, current for 2026, covering England and Wales.
Data source: GalimAI proprietary analysis of EPC, HM Land Registry and Companies House records. Coverage: England and Wales. Figures aggregated, current for 2026.