BRISTOWE HILL ESTATES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02161747 · ltd · incorporated 1987-09-07
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 38.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£2.00M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 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
3 live charges · oldest 38.4y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 38.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
101 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1,996,322
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£64k
Net Worth
£2.0m
Current Assets
£1.3m
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.12M | — |
| Current assets | £1.33M | — |
| Cash | £63.5k | — |
| Debtors | £11.5k | — |
| Net assets | £2.00M | — |
| Average employees | — | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-03-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-13📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-05➕GRAHAM, Lucie appointeddirector
- 2022-09-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2002-02-28🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1995-05-25➕HOFFMANN, Susan Ruth appointedsecretary
- 1995-05-25➖BROOKS, David Robert resignedsecretary
- 1990-04-30🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1988-01-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1987-09-07🏢Company incorporatedAs BRISTOWE HILL ESTATES LIMITED
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — GRAHAM, Lucie (same surname) appointed 2022-09-05. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 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 39 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Keith Anthony Graham Individual · British · DOB 03/1947 · age 79 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1987-09-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Registered office
2 Europe Way
Cockermouth
Cumbria
CA13 0RJ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-24
Last: 2026-03-10
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
HOFFMANN, Susan Ruth→
Activesecretary · appointed 1995-05-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAHAM, Lucie→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2022-09-05
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BROOKS, David Robert→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1995-05-25
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 28/02/2002 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 30/04/1990 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 26/01/1988 | — |
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Recent filings (101 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-13
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-27