ECO RETREATS LTD
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -46% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 5.8y
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.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £149.0k | £151.7k |
| Current assets | £4.7k | £8.6k |
| Cash | £4.7k | £8.6k |
| Net assets | £13.4k | £10.0k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
2 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
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-20📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2023-04-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-04-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-04-11📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2022-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-01📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-08-01📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-07-20🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Cumberland Building Society
- 2020-07-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Cumberland Building Society
- 2019-12-11🏢Company incorporatedAs ECO RETREATS LTD
- 2019-12-11➕GHOSH, Robin appointeddirector
- 2019-12-11➕SHENNAN, Derek appointeddirector
- 2019-12-11📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Derek Shennan Individual · British · DOB 05/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 11/12/2019 |
Mr Robin Ghosh Individual · British · DOB 07/1978 · age 48 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 11/12/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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 →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.
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Filing status
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Cumberland Building Society | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/07/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Cumberland Building Society | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/07/2020 | — |