PHEASANT LODGE (UK) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05953434 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-03

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

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 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.5y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 18.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

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

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

45 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Average employees	100	0

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (23 events)Click to expand

2025-03-28
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2024-07-26
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2023-07-20
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2022-10-03
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2021-10-13
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2020-05-21
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2019-04-04
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2018-03-22
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accounts · AA
2017-04-21
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accounts · AA
2016-04-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-10-07
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-03-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-10-06
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annual-return · AR01
2014-07-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2013-10-11
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annual-return · AR01
2007-12-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2006-10-03
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Company incorporated
As PHEASANT LODGE (UK) LIMITED
2006-10-03
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BOBER, Suzanne appointed
secretary
2006-10-03
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KAHN, Stephen appointed
director
2006-10-03
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C & M SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-10-03
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C & M SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-10-03
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C & M REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-10-03
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C & M REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Suzanne Bober Individual · American · DOB 10/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Stephen Kahn Individual · American · DOB 06/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% 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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-10-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

4 Quay Walls

Berwick Upon Tweed

TD15 1HD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-17

Last: 2025-10-03

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BOBER, Suzanne→

secretary · appointed 2006-10-03

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Active

KAHN, Stephen→

director · ~61y · appointed 2006-10-03

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Active

C & M SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-10-03 · resigned 2006-10-03

Resigned

C & M REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-10-03 · resigned 2006-10-03

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Legal charge	1 property	20/12/2007	—

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