ALLIED HOTELS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00335055 · ltd · incorporated 1937-12-24
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-03-31
Average employees300

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  4. 2023-01-06
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-04-01
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2020-04-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-02
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    BREND, Peter Anthony resigned
    secretary
  12. 2019-06-02
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    BREND, Peter Anthony resigned
    director
  13. 2019-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-04-18
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2016-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2012-03-30
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    BREND, Matthew Jonathan appointed
    director
  19. 2011-12-19
    ➕
    BREND, Peter Anthony appointed
    director
  20. 2010-09-24
    ➖
    BREND, Richard Percival resigned
    director
  21. 2009-02-27
    ➖
    BREND, Florence resigned
    director
  22. 1937-12-24
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLIED HOTELS LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 88 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Percy R Brend & Sons (Hoteliers) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Percy R Brend & Sons (Hoteliers) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ALLIED HOTELS LIMITED
This company · 00335055

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Percy R Brend & Sons (Hoteliers) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1937-12-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Century House
Nicholson Road
Torquay
Devon
TQ2 7TD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-02
Last: 2026-03-19

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

BREND, John Edward→
director · ~78y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BREND, Matthew Jonathan→
director · ~33y · appointed 2012-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BREND, Peter Anthony→
director · ~49y · appointed 2011-12-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BREND, Peter Anthony→
secretary · resigned 2019-06-02
Resigned
BREND, Florence→
director · ~114y · resigned 2009-02-27
Resigned
BREND, Peter Anthony→
director · ~69y · resigned 2019-06-02
Resigned
BREND, Richard Percival→
director · ~90y · resigned 2010-09-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (98 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-01
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-04-01