196 SERVICED RESIDENCES LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
14528254 · ltd · incorporated 2022-12-07
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 3.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 3.3y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~3.3 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (72/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 900 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-12-16📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-12-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-11-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-12-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: United Overseas Bank Limited, London Branch as Security Agent
- 2022-12-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-12-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-12-16📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2022-12-07🏢Company incorporatedAs 196 SERVICED RESIDENCES LTD
- 2022-12-07➕CHAN, Pek Har, Dr appointedsecretary
- 2022-12-07➕CHAN, Pek Har, Dr appointeddirector
- 2022-12-07➕LOH, Lik Peng appointeddirector
- 2022-12-07📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-12-07📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 84 — succession pressure is live.
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 84 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pek Har Chan Individual · Singaporean · DOB 07/1942 · age 84 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest | 07/12/2022 |
Dr Hung Soo Loh Individual · Singaporean · DOB 05/1942 · age 84 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest | 07/12/2022 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-12-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation
Registered office
Town Hall Hotel & Apartments
8 Patriot Square
London
E2 9NF
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-20
Last made up to: 2024-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-20
Last: 2025-12-06
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
CHAN, Pek Har, Dr→
Activedirector · ~84y · appointed 2022-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LOH, Lik Peng→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2022-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | United Overseas Bank , London Branch as Security Agent United Overseas Bank Limited, London Branch as Security Agent | A registered charge | 1 property | 23/12/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (19 total)
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-12-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-01-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-12-16