B.F. HOTELS LTD

🌳Matureactive

04343228 · ltd · incorporated 2001-12-19

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 24.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

56101Licenced restaurants
56210Event catering activities
56302Public houses and bars

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 24.1y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 24.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· 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, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

79 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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Average employees	34	3400

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 address

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 address
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-06-05
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-02
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accounts · AA
2024-10-30
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accounts · AA
2023-08-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-14
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officers · CH01
2023-07-14
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officers · CH01
2023-07-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-07-14
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-07-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-19
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-02-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-02-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2021-10-27
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accounts · AA
2021-01-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-21
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accounts · AA
2019-03-04
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BURY, Michael Paul appointed
secretary
2019-03-04
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BURY, Anita Penny resigned
secretary
2019-03-04
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officers · AP03
2018-04-13
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Charge registered #3
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2016-09-19
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EDMONDSON, Judith Margaret appointed
director
2014-09-15
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Charge satisfied #2
2014-09-15
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Charge satisfied #1
2002-05-31
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2002-05-31
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2001-12-19
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Company incorporated
As B.F. HOTELS LTD
2001-12-19
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BURY, Anita Penny appointed
director
2001-12-19
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BURY, Geoffrey Michael appointed
director
2001-12-19
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BURY, Michael Paul appointed
director
2001-12-19
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BURY, Anita Penny appointed
secretary
2001-12-19
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-12-19
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-12-19
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-12-19
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael Paul Bury Individual · British · DOB 11/1971 · age 55	25–50%	—	sig. influence25-50% shares · significant influence · firm interest	01/01/2022
Mrs Anita Penny Bury Individual · British · DOB 09/1949 · age 77	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/01/2022
Mr Geoffrey Michael Bury Individual · British · DOB 10/1947 · age 79	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/01/2022
Mrs Judith Margaret Edmondson Individual · British · DOB 08/1978 · age 48	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/01/2022

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

Incorporated2001-12-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

82a James Carter Road

Mildenhall

Bury St. Edmunds

IP28 7DE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-22

Last: 2026-02-08