ALBANY GUEST HOUSE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05440889 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-03

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

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

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 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

56 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.

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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 (24 events)Click to expand

2025-09-03
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2024-08-28
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2023-09-06
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2022-09-06
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2021-07-26
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2020-08-05
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2019-09-03
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accounts · AA
2019-02-27
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2018-09-27
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accounts · AA
2017-09-21
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accounts · AA
2016-09-29
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accounts · AA
2016-05-09
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-09-21
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accounts · AA
2015-05-19
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annual-return · AR01
2014-09-29
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accounts · AA
2013-04-01
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NACER, Emelda Casido appointed
director
2012-04-30
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RODWAY, Nigel Paul resigned
secretary
2005-05-03
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Company incorporated
As ALBANY GUEST HOUSE LIMITED
2005-05-03
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DURCAN, Christopher appointed
director
2005-05-03
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RODWAY, Nigel Paul appointed
secretary
2005-05-03
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-05-03
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-05-03
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-05-03
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 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 candidate

Strong 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Christopher Durcan Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% 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

Incorporated2005-05-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

84 North Parade

Grantham

Lincolnshire

NG31 8AU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-26

Last: 2026-01-12

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DURCAN, Christopher→

director · ~63y · appointed 2005-05-03

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Active

NACER, Emelda Casido→

director · ~57y · appointed 2013-04-01

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Active

RODWAY, Nigel Paul→

secretary · appointed 2005-05-03 · resigned 2012-04-30

Resigned

HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-05-03 · resigned 2005-05-03

Resigned

HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-05-03 · resigned 2005-05-03

Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-03