BARONY HOTELS WORLDWIDE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04565655 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-17
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (75/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-11-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-12-27📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-11-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-04📄administrative-restoration-companyrestoration · RT01
- 2020-03-24📄gazette-dissolved-compulsorygazette · GAZ2
- 2020-01-07📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2018-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-16➕C&F BUSINESS CONSULTING LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2015-09-16➖SKY CHARM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2014-09-16➕SKY CHARM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-10-20➖LEE, Vicky Morris resignedsecretary
- 2009-08-03➕CHAN, Steven appointedsecretary
- 2007-10-24➕LEE, Vicky Morris appointedsecretary
- 2006-11-01➖SUCCESS CORPORATION SERVICES (UK) LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2002-10-17🏢Company incorporatedAs BARONY HOTELS WORLDWIDE LIMITED
- 2002-10-17➕AN, Huiyan appointeddirector
- 2002-10-17➕GU, Peng appointeddirector
- 2002-10-17➕SUCCESS CORPORATION SERVICES (UK) LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Ms Min Gu Individual · Chinese · DOB 05/1976 · age 50 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 27/12/2023 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Peng Guceased 27/12/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Huiyan Anceased 07/08/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-10-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
Suite 20703 61 Bridge Street
Kington
HR5 3DJ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-27
Last: 2025-10-13
Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)
Active
C&F BUSINESS CONSULTING LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2015-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
Active
LEE, Vicky Morris→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-10-24 · resigned 2009-10-20
SKY CHARM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2014-09-16 · resigned 2015-09-16
SUCCESS CORPORATION SERVICES (UK) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2002-10-17 · resigned 2006-11-01
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Recent filings (78 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-12