ARDMORE HOUSE HOTEL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04123325 · ltd · incorporated 2000-12-12
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 23.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). 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 23.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
78 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
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.
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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1000 | 1000 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-07➕GUDDEMI, Giuseppe appointeddirector
- 2024-03-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-22📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-04-22📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-04-22📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-04-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-04-14📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-04-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-04-14📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-04-14📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-10📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-02-10🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2021-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-04📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-03-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-03-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-03-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2002-08-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2000-12-12🏢Company incorporatedAs ARDMORE HOUSE HOTEL LIMITED
- 2000-12-12➕GUDDEMI, Calogera appointedsecretary
- 2000-12-12➕GUDDEMI, Calogera appointeddirector
- 2000-12-12➕GUDDEMI, Domenico appointeddirector
- 2000-12-12➕ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-12-12➖ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-12-12➕ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2000-12-12➖ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Giuseppe Guddemi Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61 | 50–75% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 16/03/2023 |
Mr Vince Guddemi Individual · British · DOB 05/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 16/03/2023 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Calogera Guddemiceased 16/03/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Domenico Guddemiceased 16/03/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% 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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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-12-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation
Registered office
52 - 54 Lemsford Road
St. Albans
Herts
AL1 3PR
England
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
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
Active
GUDDEMI, Calogera→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 2000-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GUDDEMI, Domenico→
Activedirector · ~86y · appointed 2000-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GUDDEMI, Giuseppe→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2024-03-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-12-12 · resigned 2000-12-12
ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-12-12 · resigned 2000-12-12
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Mortgage deed | 1 property | 05/08/2002 | 10/02/2022 |
Recent filings (78 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-04-22
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-04-22
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-04-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-04-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-04-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-04-14