ARDLEIGH PUB COMPANY LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
11913245 · ltd · incorporated 2019-03-29
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£229.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 56302Public houses and bars
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 2.7y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 2.7 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £229,270
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£393k
Net Worth
£229k
Current Assets
£563k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £238.1k | — |
| Current assets | £562.8k | — |
| Cash | £393.2k | — |
| Debtors | £148.5k | — |
| Net assets | £229.3k | — |
| Average employees | — | 5300 |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-02-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-10-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-10-02➕OWEN, Brian Roy Charles appointeddirector
- 2023-10-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-10-02🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2023-04-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-04-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-04-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-03-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-03-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-17➖OWEN, Brian Roy Charles resigneddirector
- 2022-08-17📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-03-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-06📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2021-04-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-03-29🏢Company incorporatedAs ARDLEIGH PUB COMPANY LTD
- 2019-03-29➕OWEN, Lorna Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2019-03-29➕OWEN, Brian Roy Charles appointeddirector
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 77 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Lorna Elizabeth Owen Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 29/03/2019 |
Mr Brian Roy Charles Owen Individual · British · DOB 03/1949 · age 77 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 29/03/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-03-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants
Registered office
12 Wyatts Drive
Southend-On-Sea
SS1 3DH
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-11
Last: 2026-03-28
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
OWEN, Brian Roy Charles→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2023-10-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
OWEN, Lorna Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2019-03-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
OWEN, Brian Roy Charles→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 2019-03-29 · resigned 2022-08-17
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 02/10/2023 | — |
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Recent filings (33 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-11
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-10-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-19