BEACH MOUNT HOTEL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04481288 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-09

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒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

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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	2	200

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-12-11
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2022-12-08
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2021-12-16
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2018-12-27
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2017-12-28
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accounts · AA
2017-07-10
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address · AD03
2017-01-04
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accounts · AA
2015-12-23
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accounts · AA
2015-07-10
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2014-12-18
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2014-07-15
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2002-07-09
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Company incorporated
As BEACH MOUNT HOTEL LIMITED
2002-07-09
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DAVISON, Paul Geoffrey appointed
secretary
2002-07-09
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DAVISON, Melody appointed
director
2002-07-09
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DAVISON, Paul Geoffrey appointed
director
2002-07-09
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GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
nominee-secretary
2002-07-09
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GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
nominee-secretary
2002-07-09
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GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
nominee-director
2002-07-09
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GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
nominee-director

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 67. 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Paul Geoffrey Davison Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Melody Davison Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2002-07-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

395 Marine Road East

Morecambe

Lancashire

LA4 5AN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-23

Last: 2025-07-09

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DAVISON, Paul Geoffrey→

secretary · appointed 2002-07-09

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Active

DAVISON, Melody→

director · ~67y · appointed 2002-07-09

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Active

DAVISON, Paul Geoffrey→

director · ~67y · appointed 2002-07-09

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Active

GRAEME, Dorothy May→

nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-09 · resigned 2002-07-09

Resigned

GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→

nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2002-07-09 · resigned 2002-07-09

Resigned

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