APARTHOTELS (WEST LONDON) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

06061179 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-22

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

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 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

59 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	0	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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-01-26
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2024-12-12
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2024-01-19
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accounts · AA
2022-12-23
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accounts · AA
2021-11-11
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accounts · AA
2020-10-26
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accounts · AA
2020-02-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-02-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-12-20
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accounts · AA
2018-12-30
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accounts · AA
2018-01-15
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accounts · AA
2017-05-22
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address · AD01
2017-01-09
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accounts · AA
2016-02-15
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annual-return · AR01
2016-01-07
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accounts · AA
2009-12-31
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ASHBY, Thomas Daniel resigned
secretary
2009-12-31
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ASHBY, Thomas Daniel resigned
director
2009-12-11
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ROBSON, Christine appointed
secretary
2007-01-22
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Company incorporated
As APARTHOTELS (WEST LONDON) LIMITED
2007-01-22
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HARRIS, Graham appointed
director
2007-01-22
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ASHBY, Thomas Daniel appointed
secretary
2007-01-22
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CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-01-22
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CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-01-22
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ASHBY, Thomas Daniel appointed
director
2007-01-22
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MC FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2007-01-22
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MC FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100

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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Graham Harris Individual · British · DOB 12/1946 · age 80	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

London And City Group Holdings Limitedceased 01/07/2016· 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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-01-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

1 Maltings Place, 169 Tower Bridge Road

London

SE1 3JB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-04

Last: 2026-01-21

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

ROBSON, Christine→

secretary · appointed 2009-12-11

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Active

HARRIS, Graham→

director · ~80y · appointed 2007-01-22

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Active

ASHBY, Thomas Daniel→

secretary · appointed 2007-01-22 · resigned 2009-12-31

Resigned

CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-01-22 · resigned 2007-01-22

Resigned

ASHBY, Thomas Daniel→

director · ~50y · appointed 2007-01-22 · resigned 2009-12-31

Resigned

MC FORMATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-01-22 · resigned 2007-01-22

Resigned

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