COUNTRY HOTELS (WALES) LTD.

🌳Matureactive

03562131 · ltd · incorporated 1998-05-06

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 27.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

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 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). 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

2 live charges · oldest 27.9y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 27.9 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 (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (7 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

88 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Average employees	600	600

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

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4 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand

2025-10-02
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-17
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-11-17
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Charge satisfied #1
2023-09-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-10
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DAVIES, Annette appointed
director
2023-06-10
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STANLEY, Elizabeth Non appointed
director
2023-06-10
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STANLEY, Robert Owen resigned
director
2023-05-22
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-11-25
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-11-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2022-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-11-10
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DAVIES, Douglas Wyn resigned
director
2021-08-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
1999-11-25
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LEWIS, Hywel Rhys appointed
director
1999-11-25
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MORRIS, Thomas Edward Ieuan appointed
director
1999-11-25
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DAVIES, Douglas Wyn appointed
director
1999-11-25
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STANLEY, Robert Owen appointed
director
1998-06-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1998-06-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1998-05-06
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Company incorporated
As COUNTRY HOTELS (WALES) LTD.
1998-05-06
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VINCE, Mark Royden appointed
secretary
1998-05-06
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RATCLIFFE, Phillip George Herbert appointed
director
1998-05-06
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VINCE, Mark Royden appointed
director
1998-05-06
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-05-06
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-05-06
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1998-05-06
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Hywel Rhys Lewis Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	22/05/2023
Mr Phillip George Herbert Ratcliffe Individual · British · DOB 07/1953 · age 73	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	25/11/2022

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1998-05-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

27 Stone St

Llandovery

Carmarthenshire

SA20 0BZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-20

Last: 2025-06-06