ARUNDEL HOUSE HOTELS (CAMBRIDGE) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01299092 · ltd · incorporated 1977-02-18
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 48.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
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Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 10 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
11 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 48.2y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 48.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (58/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
11 charges (11/11 with lender, 11/11 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
106 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-18📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-07-17➖CLARK, Peggy resigneddirector
- 2023-10-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-11-23➖NORFOLK, Dorothy Isobel resigneddirector
- 2022-10-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-12📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2010-01-14➖NORFOLK, John Douglas resigneddirector
- 2004-08-11🔒Charge registered #11Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2004-05-27🔒Charge registered #10Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1994-10-14➖WILKINSON, Alan Geoffrey resigneddirector
- 1993-11-08🔒Charge registered #9Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1993-07-25➖CLARK, Douglas resigneddirector
- 1989-09-29🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 1989-07-10🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1987-12-23🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1987-12-23🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1982-11-19🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1982-11-19🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1978-03-30🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1978-03-30🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1978-03-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: William Hardesty.
- 1977-02-18🏢Company incorporatedAs ARUNDEL HOUSE HOTELS (CAMBRIDGE) LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
1 low10 live charges
lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Robert John Calvert Norfolk Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 02/01/2017 |
Mrs Joanna Patricia Doxey Individual · British · DOB 08/1954 · age 72 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1977-02-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation
Registered office
Chesterton Road
Cambridge
CB4 3AN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-17
Last: 2026-01-03
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
CLARK, Douglas→
Resigneddirector · ~106y · resigned 1993-07-25
CLARK, Peggy→
Resigneddirector · ~105y · resigned 2024-07-17
NORFOLK, Dorothy Isobel→
Resigneddirector · ~108y · resigned 2022-11-23
NORFOLK, John Douglas→
Resigneddirector · ~109y · resigned 2010-01-14
WILKINSON, Alan Geoffrey→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · resigned 1994-10-14
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Mortgages & charges
11
Total charges
10
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:11 of 11 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 11/08/2004 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 27/05/2004 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 08/11/1993 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 10/07/1989 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 23/12/1987 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 23/12/1987 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 19/11/1982 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 2 properties | 19/11/1982 | — | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 30/03/1978 | 29/09/1989 | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 30/03/1978 | — | |
| outstanding | William Hardesty. | Charge | 1 property | 22/03/1978 | — |
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Recent filings (106 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-15