ANSTY HALL HOTEL LIMITED
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 9 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Refinance opportunity
14 live charges · 9 lenders · oldest 19.4y
Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 19.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 9 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-30 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2.10M | £1.49M |
| Gross profit | £1.69M | £1.18M |
| Operating profit | £-1.19M | £-1.05M |
| Profit before tax | £-1.20M | £-1.05M |
| Average employees | 5700 | 5000 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 resolution
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 resolution
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 resolution
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (82 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-12📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-01📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-06-30➖DAVIES, Christine resignedsecretary
- 2024-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-03📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-09-03📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-09-03📄statement-of-companys-objectschange-of-constitution · CC04
- 2023-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-26📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-02-27📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-02-22🔒Charge registered #14Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties
- 2023-02-17📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-02-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-02-17📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-02-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-02-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-02-17📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2023-02-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-02-17📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-02-17📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-02-17🔓Charge satisfied #13
- 2023-02-17🔓Charge satisfied #12
- 2023-02-17🔓Charge satisfied #11
- 2023-02-17🔓Charge satisfied #10
- 2023-02-17🔓Charge satisfied #9
- 2023-02-17🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2023-02-17🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2023-02-17🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2023-02-17🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2023-02-17🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2023-02-17🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2023-02-17🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2023-02-17🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2023-02-16➕PECORELLI, Daniel Leopoldo Enrico appointeddirector
- 2023-02-16➕DAVIES, Christine appointedsecretary
- 2023-02-16➖FRASER, Robert Gordon resigneddirector
- 2023-02-16➖GILLIES, Hugh resigneddirector
- 2022-12-05➖CARTER, Phil resigneddirector
- 2022-10-20➕GILLIES, Hugh appointeddirector
- 2022-01-07➕CARTER, Phil appointeddirector
- 2022-01-07➖FALLS, Aaron Peter resigneddirector
- 2021-11-12➕FRASER, Robert Gordon appointeddirector
- 2021-11-12➖O'NEILL, Tara resigneddirector
- 2021-05-19➕FALLS, Aaron Peter appointeddirector
- 2021-05-19➖FRASER, Robert Gordon resigneddirector
- 2020-12-07➖GILLIES, Iain resigneddirector
- 2020-12-07➕O'NEILL, Tara appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
1 med ·Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
The Manor House Hotel (Castle Combe) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The Manor House Hotel (Castle Combe) Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 16/02/2023 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Macdonald Hotels (Management) Limitedceased 16/02/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Macdonald Hotels Limitedceased 21/05/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
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Officers (1 active · 16 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties National Westminster Bank PLC as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/02/2023 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC as Agent and Security Trustee for Each of the Secured Parties (As Defined in the Instrument Appended to This MR01) | A registered charge | 1 property | 24/08/2020 | 17/02/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC as Agent and Security Trustee for Each of the Secured Parties (The Security Trustee) (as Defined in the Instrument Appended to This Form MR01). | A registered charge | 1 property | 24/08/2020 | 17/02/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC as Agent and Security Trustee for Each of the Secured Parties (The Security Trustee) (as Defined in the Instrument Appended to This Form MR01). | A registered charge | 1 property | 24/08/2020 | 17/02/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC as Agent and Security Trustee for Each of the Secured Parties (The Security Trustee) (as Defined in the Instrument Appended to This Form MR01). | A registered charge | 1 property | 24/08/2020 | 17/02/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC as Security Trustee for Itself and the Other Secured Parties (As More Particularly Defined in the Instrument Evidencing the Charge Accompanying This Form MR01) | A registered charge | — | 19/03/2014 | 17/02/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC as Agent and Security Trustee for Each of the Secured Parties | Legal charge | 1 property | 29/10/2010 | 17/02/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC as Agent and Security Trustee for Each of the Secured Parties (The Security Trustee) | Legal charge | 1 property | 29/10/2010 | 17/02/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC as Agent and Security Trustee for Each of the Secured Parties (The Security Trustee) | Legal charge | 1 property | 29/10/2010 | 17/02/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC (The "Security Trustee") | Deed of confirmation | 1 property | 29/10/2010 | 17/02/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC as Agent and Security Trustee for Each of the Secured Parties (The Security Trustee) | Debenture | 1 property | 29/10/2010 | 17/02/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC as Security Trustee for Itself and the Other Secured Parties | Deed of confirmation | 1 property | 19/06/2009 | 17/02/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland as Agent and Security Trustee for Itself Andthe Other Secured Parties (The "Security Trustee") | Legal charge | 1 property | 12/12/2006 | 17/02/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland as Agent and Security Trustee for Itself Andthe Other Secured Parties (The "Security Trustee") | Debenture | 1 property | 12/12/2006 | 17/02/2023 |