ADMIRAL BENBOW LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06545028 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-26
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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: 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
45 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
Cash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees161500

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.

See pricing →

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 (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-12-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-01-25
    ➖
    VAUGHAN, Michael John resigned
    director
  11. 2017-01-25
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2016-09-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-13
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-10-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-03-30
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-02-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2008-03-28
    ➕
    NOAKES, Claire Amanda appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-03-28
    ➕
    NOAKES, Claire Amanda appointed
    director
  19. 2008-03-28
    ➕
    VAUGHAN, Michael John appointed
    director
  20. 2008-03-27
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2008-03-27
    ➖
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-director
  22. 2008-03-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADMIRAL BENBOW LIMITED
  23. 2008-03-26
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2008-03-26
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-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 18 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 18 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Claire Amanda Noakes
Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

Similar companies

Active · Hospitality · SY postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
AAJ3 LIMITED→
14645281 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————3y——
ABERYSTWYTH PARK LODGE LTD→
03399021 · est 1997 · no financials extracted
————28y——
ACADEMY DISCO LIMITED→
16104946 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
ACTIVE WSO NO1 LTD→
13980098 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
————4y——
ACTON SCOTT ENTERPRISES LTD→
14399331 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
————3y——
ADMIRAL BENBOW INN LTD→
10844290 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
————8y——
ADNAN BROTHERS LTD→
12214013 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
————6y——
AFANFRYN LEISURE LTD→
15074718 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————2y——
AJ & EJ LTD→
15807409 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
AJAY AND JAY LTD→
14853091 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————2y——
AK ARMS LIMITED→
16954295 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
———————
AL LEISURE LIMITED→
16478396 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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 →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

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

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-03-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

24 Swan Hill
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY1 1NF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

NOAKES, Claire Amanda→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NOAKES, Claire Amanda→
director · ~61y · appointed 2008-03-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-03-26 · resigned 2008-03-27
Resigned
VAUGHAN, Michael John→
director · ~74y · appointed 2008-03-28 · resigned 2017-01-25
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-03-26 · resigned 2008-03-27
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (45 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-01