A D EMPRESS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06667885 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-08
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
43 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£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees10001000

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-06
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    DONKIN, Jennifer Anne appointed
    director
  2. 2025-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  3. 2025-06-06
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    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-12-09
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  5. 2024-10-07
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-04-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-04-02
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    capital · SH01
  9. 2023-11-24
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  10. 2022-10-26
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  11. 2021-09-12
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  12. 2020-10-16
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  13. 2019-10-03
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  14. 2018-11-13
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  15. 2017-08-24
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2008-08-08
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    Company incorporated
    As A D EMPRESS LIMITED
  17. 2008-08-08
    ➕
    DONKIN, Andrew Kevin appointed
    director
  18. 2008-08-08
    ➕
    DONKIN, Ann Lesley 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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

33/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — DONKIN, Jennifer Anne (same surname) appointed 2025-06-06. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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
Mrs Ann Lesley Donkin
Individual · British · DOB 10/1950 · age 76
50–75%
—50-75% shares08/08/2016
Mr Andrew Kevin Donkin
Individual · British · DOB 05/1979 · age 47
25–50%
—25-50% shares03/04/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Andrew Kevin Donkinceased 03/04/2024· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2008-08-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

Empress Hotel
Alfred Gelder Street
Hull
East Yorkshire
HU1 2BP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-17
Last: 2026-04-03

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

DONKIN, Andrew Kevin→
director · ~47y · appointed 2008-08-08
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Active
DONKIN, Ann Lesley→
director · ~76y · appointed 2008-08-08
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Active
DONKIN, Jennifer Anne→
director · ~41y · appointed 2025-06-06
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Active

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Recent filings (43 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-03
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-12