THE WHITTLING HOUSE LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

12108904 · ltd · incorporated 2019-07-17

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 Jan 2026

Net worth

£224.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

56101Licenced restaurants

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -44% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (89/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

25 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £224,332

Net assets shrinking

Down £116,917 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 44% YoY

Cash YoY

-44%

Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£132k

↓ 44% YoY

Net Worth

£224k

↓ 34% YoY

Current Assets

£183k

↓ 47% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-01-31	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£279.2k	£363.2k	£191.8k
Current assets	£183.3k	£348.9k	£406.8k
Cash	£131.9k	£236.2k	£357.8k
Debtors	£40.0k	£99.7k	£38.3k
Net assets	£224.3k	£341.2k	£170.1k

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

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2 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 (22 events)Click to expand

2026-07-13
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accounts · AA
2025-06-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-17
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-02-21
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2019-11-18
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-11-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2019-11-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-11-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-11-08
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officers · AP01
2019-11-07
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SIM, Richard Neil appointed
director
2019-09-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2019-09-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-07-17
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Company incorporated
As THE WHITTLING HOUSE LIMITED
2019-07-17
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LESLIE, Thomas Alexander Ashby appointed
director
2019-07-17
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
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.)

Group structure

Lobster Alta (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️

Lobster Alta (Holdings) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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THE WHITTLING HOUSE LIMITED

This company · 12108904

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Lobster Alta (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	05/09/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Thomas Alexander Ashby Leslieceased 05/09/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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PAXTON HOUSE (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→ SC210477 · est 2000	—	—	£1	—	25y	81	78y
41 FERNSHAW ROAD LIMITED→ 03130895 · est 1995	—	—	—	0	30y	80	61y
BEADNELL HOTELS LIMITED→ 00503138 · est 1952	—	—	—	400	74y	80	91y
BRIDGE COURT MANAGEMENT (BERWICK) LIMITED→ 02253925 · est 1988	—	—	—	—	38y	80	59y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2019-07-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Halidon House 17d Windmill Way West

Ramparts Business Park

Berwick Upon Tweed

Northumberland

TD15 1TB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-10-31

Last made up to: 2026-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-30

Last: 2025-07-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LESLIE, Thomas Alexander Ashby→

director · ~34y · appointed 2019-07-17

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Active

SIM, Richard Neil→

director · ~58y · appointed 2019-11-07

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Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

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

accounts · AA

2026-07-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-28

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

accounts · AA

2025-06-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-17

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

accounts · AA

2024-06-11

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

accounts · AA

2023-09-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-18

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

accounts · AA

2022-07-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-07-19

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2021-09-27

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

accounts · AA

2021-09-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-07-20

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2021-06-17

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-08-03

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

accounts · AA

2020-06-30