UNION JACK CLUB (THE)

🌳Matureactive

00080683 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1904-04-18

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 5.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.9y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 5.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (51/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

75 officers (12 active, 75 linked, 69 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

219 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (135 events)Click to expand

2026-07-06
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SMITH, Richard appointed
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2024-12-10
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WYLIE, Ben appointed
director
2024-10-09
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2024-09-30
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COOPER, David Arthur resigned
director
2024-06-24
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COTON, Catherine Clare, Air Commodore appointed
director
2024-06-24
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BARNES, Michael Anthony, Air Commodore resigned
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2023-12-27
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2023-12-22
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DAINTON, Steven appointed
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2023-12-11
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BROWN, John Jeremy resigned
director
2023-10-24
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TITE, Christopher Charles appointed
director
2023-07-06
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ASHFORD, Nicholas Geoffrey Neale resigned
director
2023-06-06
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MARTIN, Timothy Frederick Wilkins, Captain resigned
director
2022-08-02
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2022-07-03
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ATKINS, Simon Charles Timothy resigned
director
2022-06-28
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SWAN, Susanne Veryan resigned
director
2022-01-05
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COWPE, William Arthur resigned
director
2021-10-22
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HAUGHTON, Glenn John, Wo1 (Seac) resigned
director
2020-12-16
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STOPFORD, James appointed
director
2020-12-16
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ADAMS, Colin Ronald resigned
director
2020-08-19
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2019-06-25
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MALBON KBE, Fabian, Sir resigned
director
2019-03-12
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HAUGHTON, Glenn John, Wo1 (Seac) appointed
director
2018-03-16
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MACKAY-DICK, Iain Charles, Maj Gen (Retd) Sir resigned
director
2018-03-16
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TILLEY, Harvey George resigned
director
2018-03-16
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TURPIN, Richard John resigned
director
2017-08-04
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WASHINGTON, Renata Anna resigned
secretary
2017-08-01
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NIELD, Zoe appointed
secretary
2017-03-14
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STEEL, David, Sir appointed
director
2015-12-10
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LINTER, James Edward appointed
director
2015-06-11
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DYMOCK, Elizabeth Mary, Lady resigned
director
2013-12-31
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LENAGHAN, John, Captain resigned
secretary
2013-12-31
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WASHINGTON, Renata Anna appointed
secretary

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-11 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1904-04-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Sandell St.

Waterloo.

London

SE1 8UJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-10

Last: 2026-04-26