ARDMORE GUEST HOUSE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC378808 · ltd · incorporated 2010-05-19
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£27.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -61% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £27,527
Net assets shrinking
Down £53,924 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 61% YoY
Cash YoY
-61%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£41k
↓ 61% YoY
Net Worth
£28k
↓ 66% YoY
Current Assets
£43k
↓ 66% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£25k£50k£76k£101k£126kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£30.9k£85.9k
Current assets£42.8k£126.0k
Cash£41.1k£106.0k
Debtors£1.7k£20.1k
Net assets£27.5k£81.5k

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

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1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-09
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2025-08-08
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    capital · SH01
  4. 2025-08-05
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-06-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-05-05
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    address · AD01
  9. 2023-01-11
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    accounts · AAMD
  10. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-16
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-24
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-10-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2017-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-12-21
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    MOLLOY, Gerald Kenneth resigned
    director
  18. 2010-05-20
    ➕
    MOLLOY, Paul John Hugh appointed
    director
  19. 2010-05-20
    ➕
    MOLLOY, Gerald Kenneth appointed
    director
  20. 2010-05-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARDMORE GUEST HOUSE LIMITED
  21. 2010-05-19
    ➕
    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2010-05-19
    ➖
    COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2010-05-19
    ➕
    MCMEEKIN, James Stuart appointed
    director
  24. 2010-05-19
    ➖
    MCMEEKIN, James Stuart resigned
    director
  25. 2010-05-19
    ➕
    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  26. 2010-05-19
    ➖
    COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

93/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul John Hugh Molloy
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-05-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

98 West Clyde Street
Helensburgh
G84 8BE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-02
Last: 2025-05-19

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

MOLLOY, Paul John Hugh→
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-05-19 · resigned 2010-05-19
Resigned
MCMEEKIN, James Stuart→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-05-19 · resigned 2010-05-19
Resigned
MOLLOY, Gerald Kenneth→
director · ~51y · appointed 2010-05-20 · resigned 2016-12-21
Resigned
COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2010-05-19 · resigned 2010-05-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-08-09
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-08
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-05
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-21