BOBCAT HOTELS LIMITED
- · Hygiene score: 70 → 90
- · Opportunity score: 68 → 76
- · Bankability: 65 → 75
- · Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid
- · 3 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
Picture improved over the last 30 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.
- ↑Opportunity score: 68 → 76
- ↑Hygiene score: 70 → 90
- ↑Bankability: 65 → 75
- ·Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid
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Opportunity 76/100 (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: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
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- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-06-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-06-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-10-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-05-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-04-11📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2017-04-10➕MULLEN, Angela appointedsecretary
- 2017-03-17🏢Company incorporatedAs BOBCAT HOTELS LIMITED
- 2017-03-17➕MULLEN, Robert Stephen appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Angela Mullen Individual · British · DOB 03/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 21/03/2019 |
Mr Robert Stephen Mullen Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 17/03/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Robert Stephen Mullenceased 12/06/2024· 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.
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