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02601424 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1991-04-15

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£965.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

27 officers (8 active, 27 linked, 24 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

116 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £964,981

Net assets shrinking

Down £2,919 YoY

Cash YoY

+4%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£532k

↑ 3.6% YoY

Net Worth

£965k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£548k

↑ 4.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£965.0k	£967.9k
Current assets	£548.1k	£525.3k
Cash	£532.4k	£513.7k
Debtors	£15.7k	£11.6k
Net assets	£965.0k	£967.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (60 events)Click to expand

2026-02-24
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officers · TM01
2026-02-18
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ODY, Kimberley resigned
director
2025-10-27
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accounts · AA
2025-10-02
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officers · AP01
2025-09-13
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BAXTER, Jacqueline Clare appointed
director
2025-04-03
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officers · AP01
2025-04-02
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officers · AP01
2025-04-01
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FRANCE, Alexandra appointed
director
2025-04-01
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ODY, Kimberley appointed
director
2025-03-31
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officers · TM01
2025-03-29
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DICKENS, Meridith Claire resigned
director
2024-11-05
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accounts · AA
2023-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
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officers · AP01
2023-09-27
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DAWSON, Jane appointed
director
2023-09-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-23
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LIZUNOVA, Vera resigned
director
2022-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-23
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officers · AP01
2022-09-23
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officers · AP01
2022-05-20
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LIZUNOVA, Vera appointed
director
2022-04-29
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STOKES, Jeremy Andrew appointed
director
2022-04-09
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DICKENS, Meridith Claire appointed
director
2022-02-06
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officers · AP01
2022-02-06
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officers · AP03
2022-02-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-02-06
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-02-01
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TOMLINSON, Janet appointed
secretary
2022-02-01
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FILMER, Sue appointed
director
2022-02-01
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PEEBLES, Sandra resigned
secretary
2022-02-01
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PEEBLES, Sandra resigned
director
2021-08-12
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accounts · AA
2016-11-10
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TOMLINSON, Ian James, The Revd Canon resigned
director
2015-05-14
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TOMLINSON, Janet appointed
director
2012-11-21
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EVANS, Ivor John resigned
director
2012-06-20
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EVANS, Ivor John appointed
director
2012-02-14
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KERLEY, Marion Helen resigned
director
2010-01-20
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BARLOW, John Trevor appointed
director
2009-12-07
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BUCKNILL, John David resigned
director
2006-06-19
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MUSGRAVE, Prue resigned
director
2004-05-17
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DAVEY, Pauline resigned
director
2004-05-17
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KERLEY, Marion Helen appointed
director
2004-05-17
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PADARATH, Keith resigned
director
2002-03-11
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PADARATH, Keith appointed
director
1999-01-25
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MUSGRAVE, Prue appointed
director
1998-09-15
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DAVEY, Pauline appointed
director
1998-07-06
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WEBB, Dorothy Jane resigned
director
1997-11-10
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WEBB, Dorothy Jane appointed
director
1997-05-12
➖
WHITE, Nicholas resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 60 events

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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 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

Incorporated1991-04-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

15 - 21 New Street

Andover

Hants

SP10 1EL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-28

Last: 2026-04-14