DEVON COURT HOTEL TORQUAY LLP
💤Zombieactive
OC431038 · llp · incorporated 2020-03-09
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£273.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 5.8y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (70/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £273,827
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£2k
Net Worth
£274k
Current Assets
£5k
Current Liabilities
—
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £641.6k |
| Current assets | £4.6k |
| Cash | £2.5k |
| Net assets | £273.8k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-19📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2026-03-13📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2026-03-13📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2026-03-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnershippersons-with-significant-control · LLPSC04
- 2026-03-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnershippersons-with-significant-control · LLPSC04
- 2025-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-19📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2024-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-08📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2024-01-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-17📍change-registered-office-address-limited-liability-partnership-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · LLAD01
- 2023-04-17📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2022-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-09📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2021-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-23📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2020-11-09📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date-limited-liability-partnershipmortgage · LLMR01
- 2020-10-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2020-10-13📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2020-10-13📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2020-10-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnershippersons-with-significant-control · LLPSC04
- 2020-10-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnershippersons-with-significant-control · LLPSC04
- 2020-03-09🏢Company incorporatedAs DEVON COURT HOTEL TORQUAY LLP
- 2020-03-09➕GOODLIFFE, Martin James appointedllp-designated-member
- 2020-03-09➕GOODLIFFE, Michaela Jane appointedllp-designated-member
- 2020-03-09📄incorporation-limited-liability-partnershipincorporation · LLIN01
Owner dependency
55/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Martin James Goodliffe Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60 | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 09/03/2020 |
Mrs Michaela Jane Goodliffe Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60 | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 09/03/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typellp
Incorporated2020-03-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC—
Registered office
24 Croft Road
Torquay
TQ2 5UE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-22
Last: 2026-03-08
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
GOODLIFFE, Martin James→
Activellp-designated-member · ~60y · appointed 2020-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GOODLIFFE, Michaela Jane→
Activellp-designated-member · ~60y · appointed 2020-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
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 | 1 property | 19/10/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (22 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2026-03-19
change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH01
2026-03-13
change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH01
2026-03-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC04
2026-03-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC04
2026-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2024-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-14
change-registered-office-address-limited-liability-partnership-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · LLAD01
2023-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2022-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-28