BAILEY COTTAGES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09342546 · ltd · incorporated 2014-12-05
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
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees400400

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

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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-08-28
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  3. 2023-07-31
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  4. 2022-09-02
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  5. 2021-09-20
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  6. 2020-09-28
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  7. 2019-06-18
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  8. 2018-09-26
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  9. 2017-09-27
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  10. 2016-11-07
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  11. 2016-01-02
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  12. 2015-06-30
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  13. 2015-06-30
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  14. 2015-04-10
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    ASTBURY, Sarah appointed
    director
  15. 2015-04-10
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    POOLE, Jonathon appointed
    director
  16. 2015-03-04
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    capital · SH01
  17. 2014-12-05
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    Company incorporated
    As BAILEY COTTAGES LIMITED
  18. 2014-12-05
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    POOLE, David Norman appointed
    director
  19. 2014-12-05
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    POOLE, Elizabeth Ann appointed
    director
  20. 2014-12-05
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Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Norman Poole
Individual · British · DOB 11/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest07/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-12-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

10 Blundell Avenue
Southport
Merseyside
PR8 4TA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-18
Last: 2025-10-04

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

ASTBURY, Sarah→
director · ~50y · appointed 2015-04-10
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POOLE, David Norman→
director · ~78y · appointed 2014-12-05
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POOLE, Elizabeth Ann→
director · ~54y · appointed 2014-12-05
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Active
POOLE, Jonathon→
director · ~60y · appointed 2015-04-10
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Recent filings (25 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-11
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accounts · AA
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-05