A & B ESTATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05018447 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-19
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 20.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
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 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.7y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.7 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 7 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees11001100

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-19
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  2. 2025-07-10
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  3. 2025-07-10
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  4. 2024-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-22
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  6. 2022-09-15
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  7. 2021-12-13
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  8. 2020-07-15
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  9. 2019-10-11
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  10. 2018-10-19
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  11. 2018-02-14
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  12. 2017-02-28
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  13. 2016-02-29
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  14. 2016-02-01
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  15. 2015-01-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2012-05-26
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2012-04-24
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2012-01-01
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    ARMSTRONG, Barry Richardson appointed
    director
  19. 2011-05-27
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    ARMSTRONG, Barry Richardson appointed
    secretary
  20. 2011-05-01
    ➕
    NEWSTEAD, Philip Guy appointed
    director
  21. 2011-05-01
    ➕
    NEWSTEAD, Victoria Claire appointed
    director
  22. 2011-05-01
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    ARMSTRONG, Barry Richardson resigned
    director
  23. 2010-06-01
    ➕
    ARMSTRONG, Barry Richardson appointed
    director
  24. 2010-01-01
    ➖
    NEWSTEAD, Philip Guy resigned
    secretary
  25. 2010-01-01
    ➖
    NEWSTEAD, Victoria Claire resigned
    director
  26. 2007-03-01
    ➖
    BROWN, Richard Wade resigned
    secretary
  27. 2007-03-01
    ➕
    NEWSTEAD, Philip Guy appointed
    secretary
  28. 2007-03-01
    ➖
    BROWN, Gillian Margaret resigned
    director
  29. 2007-03-01
    ➕
    NEWSTEAD, Victoria Claire appointed
    director
  30. 2005-08-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  31. 2004-01-19
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    Company incorporated
    As A & B ESTATES LIMITED
  32. 2004-01-19
    ➕
    ARMSTRONG, Sharon appointed
    director
  33. 2004-01-19
    ➕
    BROWN, Richard Wade appointed
    secretary
  34. 2004-01-19
    ➕
    STL SECRETARIES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  35. 2004-01-19
    ➖
    STL SECRETARIES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  36. 2004-01-19
    ➕
    BROWN, Gillian Margaret appointed
    director
  37. 2004-01-19
    ➕
    STL DIRECTORS LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  38. 2004-01-19
    ➖
    STL DIRECTORS LTD resigned
    corporate-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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Victoria Claire Newstead
Individual · British · DOB 07/1976 · age 50
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Sharon Armstrong
Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Philip Guy Newstead
Individual · British · DOB 10/1973 · age 53
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Barry Richardson Armstrong
Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-01-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Andover House 28-30
Camperdown
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR30 3JB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last: 2025-07-10

Officers (5 active · 7 resigned)

ARMSTRONG, Barry Richardson→
secretary · appointed 2011-05-27
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Active
ARMSTRONG, Barry Richardson→
director · ~70y · appointed 2012-01-01
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Active
ARMSTRONG, Sharon→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-01-19
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Active
NEWSTEAD, Philip Guy→
director · ~53y · appointed 2011-05-01
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Active
NEWSTEAD, Victoria Claire→
director · ~50y · appointed 2011-05-01
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Active
BROWN, Richard Wade→
secretary · appointed 2004-01-19 · resigned 2007-03-01
Resigned
NEWSTEAD, Philip Guy→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-01 · resigned 2010-01-01
Resigned
STL SECRETARIES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-01-19 · resigned 2004-01-19
Resigned
ARMSTRONG, Barry Richardson→
director · ~70y · appointed 2010-06-01 · resigned 2011-05-01
Resigned
BROWN, Gillian Margaret→
director · ~73y · appointed 2004-01-19 · resigned 2007-03-01
Resigned
NEWSTEAD, Victoria Claire→
director · ~50y · appointed 2007-03-01 · resigned 2010-01-01
Resigned
STL DIRECTORS LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2004-01-19 · resigned 2004-01-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property24/04/2012—
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property01/08/200526/05/2012
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Recent filings (81 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
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accounts · AA
2023-08-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-09
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accounts · AA
2021-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-12