A.C. HOTELS (U.K.) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02674391 · ltd · incorporated 1991-12-30
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 27.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£895.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 27.0y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.0 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: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
85 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.

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Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £895,079
Cash YoY
-0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£895k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£28k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£179k£358k£537k£716k£895kJan 2024Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312024-01-31
Total assets£1.10M£984.6k
Current assets£28.4k£35.4k
Cash£1.9k£1.9k
Debtors£26.5k£33.5k
Net assets£895.1k£806.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
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  6. 2021-08-26
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  7. 2020-06-18
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  8. 2019-06-20
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  9. 2018-06-21
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  10. 2017-09-07
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  12. 2016-01-07
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  14. 2015-01-23
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  15. 2014-10-30
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  16. 1999-06-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Equity Bank Limited
  17. 1991-12-30
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    Company incorporated
    As A.C. HOTELS (U.K.) LIMITED
  18. 1991-12-30
    ➕
    JANSSON, Despo appointed
    secretary
  19. 1991-12-30
    ➕
    JANSSON, Despo appointed
    director
  20. 1991-12-30
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    JANSSON, Per Anders appointed
    director
  21. 1991-12-30
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    AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1991-12-30
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    BUYVIEW LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1991-12-10
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    AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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  24. 1991-12-10
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    BUYVIEW LTD resigned
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Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Per Anders Jansson
Individual · Swedish · DOB 01/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Despo Jansson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1991-12-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

97 Judd Street
London
WC1H 9JG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-13
Last: 2025-12-30

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JANSSON, Despo→
secretary · appointed 1991-12-30
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Active
JANSSON, Despo→
director · ~65y · appointed 1991-12-30
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Active
JANSSON, Per Anders→
director · ~68y · appointed 1991-12-30
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Active
AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-12-30 · resigned 1991-12-10
Resigned
BUYVIEW LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1991-12-30 · resigned 1991-12-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Equity Bank
Equity Bank Limited
Legal charge1 property30/06/1999—
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Recent filings (85 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
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accounts · AA
2025-06-05
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2025-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-15
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accounts · AA01
2024-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-06-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-06-20