ALNWICK DISTRICT PLAYHOUSE TRUST

🌳Matureactive

02567793 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1990-12-12

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 35.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Public houses and bars

Sector: Accommodation & food service

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

59140Motion picture projection activities
90020Support activities to performing arts
90040Operation of arts facilities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). 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 35.5y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 35.5 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 (49/100)

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

Company profile

address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

60 officers (11 active, 60 linked, 51 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

207 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (118 events)Click to expand

2025-12-03
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2025-02-08
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2025-02-03
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HORSBURGH, Barry appointed
director
2025-02-03
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MCCUSKER, Fiona appointed
director
2024-12-18
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2024-08-06
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2024-07-27
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SPENCE, John resigned
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2024-02-26
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2024-02-26
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Charge satisfied #1
2024-02-08
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GREGORY, Philip John resigned
director
2024-02-08
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2024-01-30
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MORRISON, Carrie Laura appointed
secretary
2024-01-30
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SCOTT, Joanne Louise resigned
secretary
2024-01-30
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2023-04-08
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2023-03-28
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DALE, Richard Conrad resigned
director
2022-12-29
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2022-04-01
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2022-03-25
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SCOTT, Joanne Louise appointed
secretary
2022-03-25
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2022-02-10
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2022-02-03
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POTTS, Joanne resigned
secretary
2021-06-23
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2021-06-23
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2021-06-16
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EKE, Christopher Brian resigned
secretary
2021-06-16
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POTTS, Joanne appointed
secretary
2021-04-14
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2020-07-29
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2020-05-25
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SHILTON, Anne resigned
director
2020-04-01
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CASTLE, Gordon appointed
director
2020-02-04
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EMBLEY, Jane appointed
director
2020-02-04
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EMBLEY, Jane appointed
director
2020-02-04
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EMBLEY, Jane resigned
director
2019-11-25
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ANDERSON, Elizabeth Margaret resigned
director
2019-11-25
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FORTUNE, Alan, Dr resigned
director
2019-08-01
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DALE, Richard Conrad appointed
director
2019-07-25
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STUCKEY, Philip Mark appointed
director
2019-07-01
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EKE, Christopher Brian appointed
secretary
2019-06-30
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MCGEARY, Lisa resigned
secretary
2019-05-16
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HETHERINGTON, Lilian Lydia appointed
director
2018-11-30
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TODD, Roy resigned
director
2018-02-21
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SPENCE, John appointed
director
2017-11-01
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SHILTON, Anne appointed
director
2017-07-01
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MCGEARY, Lisa appointed
secretary
2016-12-24
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BOSANQUET, Lalage Ann resigned
director
2016-11-23
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POTTS, Joanne resigned
secretary
2016-05-17
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GREGORY, Philip John appointed
director

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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

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
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-limited-exemption

Incorporated1990-12-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

The Playhouse, Bondgate Without

Alnwick

Northumberland

NE66 1PQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-14

Last: 2026-03-31