ABBEY HOTEL (BATH) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02361773 · ltd · incorporated 1989-03-15
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.
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
£3.66M
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
13 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 37.1y
25/100
too messy
Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 37.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)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
13 charges (13/13 with lender, 13/13 with type)
90
Directors & officers
22 officers (2 active, 22 linked, 20 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
184 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Loss-making
Loss before tax £999,694
Strong revenue growth
Turnover up 16% YoY
Turnover YoY
+16%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3.66M | £3.16M |
| Gross profit | £3.27M | £2.79M |
| Operating profit | £-199.8k | £-3.04M |
| Profit before tax | £-999.7k | £-3.73M |
| Average employees | 4900 | 5500 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (82 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-29📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-04-29📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-04-29🔓Charge satisfied #12
- 2025-04-29🔓Charge satisfied #11
- 2025-04-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-04-17🔒Charge registered #13Lender: Metro Bank PLC
- 2025-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-10📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-12-10📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-10-09➕SMITH, Neil appointeddirector
- 2024-10-09➖FULLER, David Benjamin resigneddirector
- 2023-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-03-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-02-07➕HARRIS, Emily Jayne appointeddirector
- 2023-02-07➖BALL, Simon Howard resigneddirector
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-02📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-12-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-09-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-09-23🔒Charge registered #12Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
- 2022-05-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-04-28🔒Charge registered #11Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank) as Lender
- 2022-04-25📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-04-25📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-04-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-03-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-02-25📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-02-25🔓Charge satisfied #10
- 2022-02-25🔓Charge satisfied #9
- 2022-02-15➕BALL, Simon Howard appointeddirector
- 2022-02-15➕FULLER, David Benjamin appointeddirector
- 2022-02-15➖KHANNA, Anil resigneddirector
- 2018-02-09🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2018-02-09🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2018-02-09🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2018-02-01➖CLARKE, David Andrew resigneddirector
- 2018-02-01➖FOULKES, Andrew David resigneddirector
- 2018-02-01➖HOLMES, Steven Crawford resigneddirector
- 2018-02-01➕KHANNA, Anil appointeddirector
- 2018-02-01➖MATON, Michael Grant resigneddirector
- 2018-02-01➖TAYLOR, Christa resigneddirector
- 2018-02-01➖TAYLOR, Ian resigneddirector
- 2018-02-01🔒Charge registered #10Lender: Metro Bank PLC
- 2018-02-01🔒Charge registered #9Lender: Metro Bank PLC
- 2016-12-31➖STAINES, Christopher resigneddirector
- 2016-03-08🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2015-06-30➕FOULKES, Andrew David appointeddirector
- 2015-06-30➕HOLMES, Steven Crawford appointeddirector
Showing most recent 50 of 82 events
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Abbey Bath Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Abbey Bath Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ABBEY HOTEL (BATH) LIMITED
This company · 02361773
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Abbey Bath Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 29/04/2022 |
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Ke Hotels (Bath) Ltdceased 29/04/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Mrs Christa Taylorceased 01/02/2018· significant influence
- Mr Ian Taylorceased 01/02/2018· significant influence
- The Kaleidoscope Collection Ltdceased 01/02/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1989-03-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation
Registered office
5 New Street Square
London
EC4A 3TW
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-16
Last: 2025-12-02
Officers (2 active · 20 resigned)
HARRIS, Emily Jayne→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2023-02-07
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Active
CARLTON, Hugh Nicholas James→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2000-08-01 · resigned 2012-01-31
LEPPARD, Peter Edward Jack→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2000-07-31
BALL, Simon Howard→
Resigneddirector · ~50y · appointed 2022-02-15 · resigned 2023-02-07
BALLS, John Harris→
Resigneddirector · ~99y · resigned 2010-06-04
BOSWORTH, John Michael Worthington→
Resigneddirector · ~105y · resigned 1999-03-17
CLARKE, David Andrew→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 2012-04-01 · resigned 2018-02-01
FOULKES, Andrew David→
Resigneddirector · ~48y · appointed 2015-06-30 · resigned 2018-02-01
FULLER, David Benjamin→
Resigneddirector · ~46y · appointed 2022-02-15 · resigned 2024-10-09
HOLMES, Steven Crawford→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2015-06-30 · resigned 2018-02-01
KHANNA, Anil→
Resigneddirector · ~52y · appointed 2018-02-01 · resigned 2022-02-15
KITCHING, John Richard Howard→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · appointed 2010-07-07 · resigned 2012-01-31
LEPPARD, Peter Edward Jack→
Resigneddirector · ~97y · resigned 2000-07-31
MATON, Michael Grant→
Resigneddirector · ~87y · appointed 2012-04-01 · resigned 2018-02-01
PLANT, Ronald Derek→
Resigneddirector · ~91y · resigned 2012-01-31
STAINES, Christopher→
Resigneddirector · ~51y · appointed 2012-04-01 · resigned 2016-12-31
TAYLOR, Christa→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2012-01-31 · resigned 2018-02-01
TAYLOR, Ian→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2012-01-31 · resigned 2018-02-01
TEE, Julian Mark→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2000-08-01 · resigned 2012-01-31
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Mortgages & charges
13
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:13 of 13 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Metro Bank Metro Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 17/04/2025 | — | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank) | A registered charge | 1 property | 23/09/2022 | 29/04/2025 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank) as Lender | A registered charge | 1 property | 28/04/2022 | 29/04/2025 | |
| satisfied | Metro Bank Metro Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 01/02/2018 | 25/02/2022 | |
| satisfied | Metro Bank Metro Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/02/2018 | 25/02/2022 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 08/03/2016 | 09/02/2018 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Guarantee & debenture | 1 property | 31/01/2012 | 09/02/2018 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 31/01/2012 | 09/02/2018 | |
| satisfied | Aib Group (UK) Aib Group (UK) PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 01/03/2010 | 11/02/2012 | |
| satisfied | Aib Group (UK) Aib Group (UK) PLC | Mortgage debenture | 2 properties | 01/03/2010 | 11/02/2012 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Third party legal charge of licensed premises | 2 properties | 14/07/1994 | 13/08/2002 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 22/05/1989 | 23/09/1994 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Third party legal charge | 1 property | 22/05/1989 | 18/07/2003 |
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Recent filings (184 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-16
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-04-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-04-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-02