27 CASTLE HILL (LANCASTER) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06527223 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-07
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  2. 2024-12-18
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  3. 2023-12-22
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  4. 2022-12-20
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  5. 2021-12-29
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  6. 2021-01-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-03-08
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    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2015-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-10-21
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    officers · CH01
  14. 2015-10-15
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    THEOBALD, George Norman appointed
    director
  15. 2015-10-15
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2015-10-12
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    MCGEE, Frederick resigned
    director
  17. 2015-10-12
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    officers · TM01
  18. 2009-03-19
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    NORTON, Timothy appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-03-19
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    NORTON, Timothy appointed
    director
  20. 2009-03-19
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    KINDER, Alison Mary resigned
    secretary
  21. 2009-03-19
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    JACKSON, Norman Royton resigned
    director
  22. 2009-03-19
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    KINDER, Alison Mary resigned
    director
  23. 2009-03-19
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    MCGEE, Frederick appointed
    director
  24. 2008-03-07
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    Company incorporated
    As 27 CASTLE HILL (LANCASTER) LIMITED
  25. 2008-03-07
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    KINDER, Alison Mary appointed
    secretary
  26. 2008-03-07
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    JACKSON, Norman Royton appointed
    director
  27. 2008-03-07
    ➕
    KINDER, Alison Mary appointed
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr George Theobald
Individual · English · DOB 11/1938 · age 88
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting12/01/2017
Mr Timothy Norton
Individual · English · DOB 03/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting12/01/2017

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
Incorporated2008-03-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

Dykes Farm Dykes Lane
Yealand Conyers
Carnforth
Lancashire
LA5 9SN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-01
Last: 2025-12-18

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

NORTON, Timothy→
secretary · appointed 2009-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NORTON, Timothy→
director · ~70y · appointed 2009-03-19
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Active
THEOBALD, George Norman→
director · ~88y · appointed 2015-10-15
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Active
KINDER, Alison Mary→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-07 · resigned 2009-03-19
Resigned
JACKSON, Norman Royton→
director · ~84y · appointed 2008-03-07 · resigned 2009-03-19
Resigned
KINDER, Alison Mary→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-03-07 · resigned 2009-03-19
Resigned
MCGEE, Frederick→
director · ~71y · appointed 2009-03-19 · resigned 2015-10-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-27