AUSTCLIFFE PARK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05089084 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-30

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 20.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£1.97M

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 55300

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 91). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.8y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 20.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

83 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,970,592

Cash YoY

+11%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£558k

↑ 11% YoY

Net Worth

£2.0m

↑ 7.9% YoY

Current Assets

£757k

↓ 11% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£1.97M	£1.83M
Current assets	£757.0k	£851.3k
Cash	£557.9k	£500.8k
Debtors	£199.1k	£200.5k
Net assets	£1.97M	£1.83M

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2026-01-05
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2025-03-20
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accounts · AA
2023-12-19
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accounts · AA
2023-03-21
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accounts · AA
2022-03-29
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accounts · AA
2020-12-22
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accounts · AA
2020-01-13
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accounts · AA
2019-01-17
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accounts · AA
2018-03-27
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accounts · AA
2018-01-12
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officers · CH01
2018-01-12
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officers · CH03
2018-01-12
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officers · CH01
2018-01-12
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officers · CH01
2017-03-29
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accounts · AA
2016-04-04
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2006-01-20
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Charge satisfied #1
2005-11-24
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THOMAS, Mark Anthony appointed
secretary
2005-11-24
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THOMAS, Garry Michael appointed
director
2005-11-24
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THOMAS, Mark Anthony appointed
director
2005-11-24
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THOMAS, Nigel Adrian appointed
director
2005-11-24
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MARSHALL, Rose Marie Ann Victorine resigned
secretary
2005-11-24
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MARSHALL, Rose Marie Ann Victorine resigned
director
2005-11-24
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THETFORD, Paul resigned
director
2005-08-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Mr Paul Thetford and Mrs Rosemary Thetford
2004-12-14
➖
BOX, Colin William resigned
secretary
2004-12-14
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MARSHALL, Rose Marie Ann Victorine appointed
secretary
2004-12-14
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CAPPER, Robert Matthew resigned
director
2004-12-14
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MARSHALL, Rose Marie Ann Victorine appointed
director
2004-12-14
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THETFORD, Paul appointed
director
2004-04-26
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BOX, Colin William appointed
secretary
2004-04-26
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STL SECRETARIES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-04-26
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CAPPER, Robert Matthew appointed
director
2004-04-26
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STL DIRECTORS LTD resigned
corporate-director
2004-03-30
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Company incorporated
As AUSTCLIFFE PARK LIMITED
2004-03-30
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STL SECRETARIES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-03-30
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STL DIRECTORS LTD appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — 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 91 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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.)

Group structure

Soloply Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Soloply Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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AUSTCLIFFE PARK LIMITED

This company · 05089084

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Soloply Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	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

Incorporated2004-03-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55300 — SIC 55300

Registered office

Plant Street

Wordsley Stourbridge

West Midlands

DY8 5SY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-13

Last: 2026-03-30

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

THOMAS, Mark Anthony→

secretary · appointed 2005-11-24

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

THOMAS, Garry Michael→

director · ~91y · appointed 2005-11-24

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

THOMAS, Mark Anthony→

director · ~65y · appointed 2005-11-24

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

THOMAS, Nigel Adrian→

director · ~60y · appointed 2005-11-24

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BOX, Colin William→

secretary · appointed 2004-04-26 · resigned 2004-12-14

Resigned

MARSHALL, Rose Marie Ann Victorine→

secretary · appointed 2004-12-14 · resigned 2005-11-24

Resigned

STL SECRETARIES LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-03-30 · resigned 2004-04-26

Resigned

CAPPER, Robert Matthew→

director · ~53y · appointed 2004-04-26 · resigned 2004-12-14

Resigned

MARSHALL, Rose Marie Ann Victorine→

director · ~101y · appointed 2004-12-14 · resigned 2005-11-24

Resigned

THETFORD, Paul→

director · ~70y · appointed 2004-12-14 · resigned 2005-11-24

Resigned

STL DIRECTORS LTD→

corporate-director · appointed 2004-03-30 · resigned 2004-04-26

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Mr Paul Thetford and Mrs Rosemary Thetford	Debenture	1 property	26/08/2005	20/01/2006