ABBEY GUEST HOUSE YORK LIMITED
🌱Startupactive
16301264 · ltd · incorporated 2025-03-07
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
—
not disclosed
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. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 1.2y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (59/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
5 filings
60
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.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-30📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-05-29🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2025-04-29📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-04-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2025-03-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-03-08➕INWOOD, Martyn Anthony appointeddirector
- 2025-03-07🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBEY GUEST HOUSE YORK LIMITED
- 2025-03-07➕INWOOD, George Leslie Watson appointeddirector
- 2025-03-07➕INWOOD, William Anthony Watson appointeddirector
- 2025-03-07📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 1.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Martyn Anthony Inwood Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61 | 50–75% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 07/03/2025 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-03-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation
Registered office
Stockton Lodge Sandy Lane
Stockton On The Forest
York
North Yorkshire
YO32 9UT
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-07
Last made up to: —
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
INWOOD, George Leslie Watson→
Activedirector · ~23y · appointed 2025-03-07
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INWOOD, Martyn Anthony→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2025-03-08
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INWOOD, William Anthony Watson→
Activedirector · ~23y · appointed 2025-03-07
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/05/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 24/04/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (5 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-05-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-04-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-24
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-03-07