ANSTEYS LEA HOTEL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08563890 · ltd · incorporated 2013-06-11

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£949

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 92-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 92). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

42 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £949

Cash YoY

-10%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£10k

↓ 10.0% YoY

Net Worth

£949

↑ 121% YoY

Current Assets

£10k

↓ 10.0% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£949	£-4.6k
Current assets	£9.9k	£11.0k
Cash	£9.9k	£11.0k
Net assets	£949	£-4.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2026-02-10
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-10
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-31
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WILLIAMS, Kara appointed
director
2025-07-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-08-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-08-21
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2020-08-21
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-07-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-07-01
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WILLIAMS, Kara appointed
secretary
2020-06-30
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MISKIN, Gerald resigned
secretary
2020-06-28
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-06-28
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-06-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-07-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-30
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WARD, Phillipe resigned
director
2019-06-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-06-01
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GOSDEN, Anita appointed
director
2018-07-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-07-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-07-01
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COOK, John William resigned
director
2018-01-01
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GOSDEN, Anita resigned
director
2018-01-01
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WARD, Phillipe appointed
director
2016-09-15
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MCNAMEE, Brian resigned
secretary
2016-09-15
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MISKIN, Gerald appointed
secretary
2016-03-11
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GOSDEN, Anita appointed
director
2015-01-12
➕
MCNAMEE, Brian appointed
secretary
2015-01-12
➖
STEVENS, Terry resigned
secretary
2013-06-11
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Company incorporated
As ANSTEYS LEA HOTEL LIMITED
2013-06-11
➕
STEVENS, Terry appointed
secretary
2013-06-11
➕
COOK, John William appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 92 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 92 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Kara Williams Individual · British · DOB 07/1988 · age 38	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	31/01/2026

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Anita Gosdenceased 31/01/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
Mr Phillipe Wardceased 30/06/2019· 75-100% 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

Incorporated2013-06-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Ansteys Lea Hotel Barrington Road

Wellswood

Torquay

Devon

TQ1 2QJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-25

Last: 2025-06-11

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

WILLIAMS, Kara→

secretary · appointed 2020-07-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

GOSDEN, Anita→

director · ~92y · appointed 2019-06-01

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Active

WILLIAMS, Kara→

director · ~38y · appointed 2026-01-31

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Active

MCNAMEE, Brian→

secretary · appointed 2015-01-12 · resigned 2016-09-15

Resigned

MISKIN, Gerald→

secretary · appointed 2016-09-15 · resigned 2020-06-30

Resigned

STEVENS, Terry→

secretary · appointed 2013-06-11 · resigned 2015-01-12

Resigned

COOK, John William→

director · ~88y · appointed 2013-06-11 · resigned 2018-07-01

Resigned

GOSDEN, Anita→

director · ~92y · appointed 2016-03-11 · resigned 2018-01-01

Resigned

WARD, Phillipe→

director · ~68y · appointed 2018-01-01 · resigned 2019-06-30

Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-02-10

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2026-02-10

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2026-02-10