POWFOULIS MANOR HOTEL LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC795777 · ltd · incorporated 2024-01-18
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 55209Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £2

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£2
Current Assets
£2
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-31
Total assets£2
Current assets£2
Debtors£2
Net assets£2

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
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-02-15
    WOOD, Andrew John Ainslie appointed
    director
  3. 2024-02-15
    WOOD, Courtney Dolores appointed
    director
  4. 2024-02-15
    WOOD, Tiffiny Lucy appointed
    director
  5. 2024-02-15
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-02-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-02-15
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2024-01-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As POWFOULIS MANOR HOTEL LTD
  9. 2024-01-18
    WOOD, Ainslie William appointed
    director
  10. 2024-01-18
    WOOD, Marina appointed
    director
  11. 2024-01-18
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

61/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ainslie William Wood
Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1962 · age 64
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/01/2024
Mrs Marina Wood
Individual · Scottish · DOB 06/1963 · age 63
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/01/2024

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
Incorporated2024-01-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Powfoulis Manor Hotel
Bothkennar
Falkirk
Stirlingshire
FK2 8PR
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last: 2026-01-17

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

WOOD, Ainslie William
director · ~64y · appointed 2024-01-18
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Active
WOOD, Andrew John Ainslie
director · ~31y · appointed 2024-02-15
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Active
WOOD, Courtney Dolores
director · ~27y · appointed 2024-02-15
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Active
WOOD, Marina
director · ~63y · appointed 2024-01-18
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Active
WOOD, Tiffiny Lucy
director · ~31y · appointed 2024-02-15
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Active

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Recent filings (7 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-15
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-01-18