AZILLE HOUSE LTD

🌳Matureactive

04856424 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-05

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£-75.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £75,109

Net assets shrinking

Down £258,420 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£75k

↓ 141% YoY

Current Assets

£495

↓ 89% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£179.4k	£183.3k
Current assets	£495	£4.4k
Net assets	£-75.1k	£183.3k

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.

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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 (29 events)Click to expand

2025-12-10
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accounts · AA
2025-12-02
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officers · TM01
2025-06-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-02-28
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HOOD, Roger Graham resigned
director
2024-09-24
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accounts · AA
2023-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-19
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officers · AP03
2020-06-19
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officers · AP01
2020-06-19
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-06-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-06-19
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officers · AP01
2020-06-07
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HOOD, Susan Margaret appointed
secretary
2020-06-07
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HOOD, Stephen James appointed
director
2020-06-07
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ROGERS, Kate Elizabeth appointed
director
2020-06-07
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WILLIAMS, James Michael appointed
director
2020-06-07
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HOOD, Stephen James resigned
secretary
2019-09-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-09-26
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accounts · AA
2017-10-01
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accounts · AA
2015-05-27
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WILLIAMS, James Michael resigned
director
2003-08-05
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Company incorporated
As AZILLE HOUSE LTD
2003-08-05
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HOOD, Susan Margaret appointed
director
2003-08-05
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HOOD, Timothy Simon appointed
director
2003-08-05
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HOOD, Stephen James appointed
secretary
2003-08-05
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HOOD, Roger Graham appointed
director
2003-08-05
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WILLIAMS, James Michael appointed
director

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Susan Margaret Hood Individual · British · DOB 04/1946 · age 80	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Roger Graham Hoodceased 10/02/2025· significant influence

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

Incorporated2003-08-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

Kingshill

Kingshill Way

Berkhamsted

Hertfordshire

HP4 3TP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-19

Last: 2025-08-05