PAULO HOTELS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC792026 · ltd · incorporated 2023-12-11
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Why now
Window closing · medium confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 85 → 90
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Hygiene score: 8590
Last 90 days

Picture improved over the last 90 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Hygiene score: 8590
Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to May 2025
Net worth
£10.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (67/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £10,552

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£453
Net Worth
£11k
Current Assets
£14k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-31
Total assets£10.6k
Current assets£14.0k
Cash£453
Debtors£8.6k
Net assets£10.6k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-09-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-09-08
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2025-07-14
    HEARTWOOD SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  5. 2025-07-14
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2024-01-30
    HEARTWOOD SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  7. 2024-01-30
    📄
    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  8. 2023-12-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As PAULO HOTELS LIMITED
  9. 2023-12-11
    PAULO RODRIGUEZ, Juan Rafael appointed
    director
  10. 2023-12-11
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 Juan Rafael Paulo Rodriguez
Individual · British · DOB 11/1985 · age 41
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control11/12/2023

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
Incorporated2023-12-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Building A Midmills Building
Stephens Street
Inverness
IV2 3JP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last: 2025-12-10

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

PAULO RODRIGUEZ, Juan Rafael
director · ~41y · appointed 2023-12-11
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Active
HEARTWOOD SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD
corporate-secretary · appointed 2024-01-30 · resigned 2025-07-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (8 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-11
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-09-08
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2024-01-30
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-12-11