ALBION LODGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

09098139 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-23

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 11.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residential nursing care activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 11.6y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 11.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

45 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Average employees	4400	4900

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

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4 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-05-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-07
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-09-01
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Charge registered #3
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2022-05-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-27
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-09-27
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-05-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-29
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-01-24
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officers · TM01
2019-01-16
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SMITH, Helen Ruth resigned
director
2018-07-13
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-07-13
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officers · TM01
2018-05-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-04-21
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DARWENT, Colin resigned
director
2014-10-08
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2014-10-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2014-06-23
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Company incorporated
As ALBION LODGE LIMITED
2014-06-23
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DARWENT, Andrew appointed
director
2014-06-23
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DARWENT, Mark Robert appointed
director
2014-06-23
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2014-06-23
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2014-06-23
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COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur appointed
director
2014-06-23
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COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur resigned
director
2014-06-23
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DARWENT, Colin appointed
director
2014-06-23
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SMITH, Helen Ruth appointed
director

Owner dependency

81/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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 Andrew Darwent Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	11/07/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Colin Darwent (Deceased)ceased 11/07/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2014-06-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC87100 — Residential nursing care activities

Registered office

Windsor House

Bayshill Road

Cheltenham

Gloucestershire

GL50 3AT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-07

Last: 2025-06-23

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

DARWENT, Andrew→

director · ~62y · appointed 2014-06-23

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DARWENT, Mark Robert→

director · ~65y · appointed 2014-06-23

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-06-23 · resigned 2014-06-23

Resigned

COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur→

director · ~82y · appointed 2014-06-23 · resigned 2014-06-23

Resigned

DARWENT, Colin→

director · ~94y · appointed 2014-06-23 · resigned 2018-04-21

Resigned

SMITH, Helen Ruth→

director · ~60y · appointed 2014-06-23 · resigned 2019-01-16

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	01/09/2022	—
outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	08/10/2014	—
outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	08/10/2014	—

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Recent filings (45 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-05-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-06-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-05-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-06-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-27

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2022-09-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-07-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-05-06

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-07-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-06-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-08-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-05-21

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2019-09-27