LONGSTONE HOLIDAY COTTAGES LTD

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05472683 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-06

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 20.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£316.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.4y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 20.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (7 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

6 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

62 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £316,553

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£317k

↑ 8.7% YoY

Current Assets

£33k

↑ 8.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£353.9k	£349.8k
Current assets	£32.7k	£30.0k
Net assets	£316.6k	£291.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2025-12-15
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2024-09-20
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2024-09-20
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2021-12-19
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2021-12-01
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SHARDLOW, Christopher Eric appointed
director
2021-12-01
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SHARDLOW, Matthew Paul appointed
director
2021-12-01
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THOMPSON, Elizabeth appointed
director
2021-12-01
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WHITE, Kathryn Jane appointed
director
2021-08-03
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2020-12-08
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2019-12-19
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2019-01-15
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2018-12-20
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2005-11-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2005-06-06
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Company incorporated
As LONGSTONE HOLIDAY COTTAGES LTD
2005-06-06
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SHARDLOW, Zoe Ann appointed
secretary
2005-06-06
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SHARDLOW, Michael Ambrose appointed
director
2005-06-06
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SHARDLOW, Zoe Ann appointed
director
2005-06-06
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GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
nominee-secretary
2005-06-06
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GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
nominee-secretary
2005-06-06
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GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
nominee-director
2005-06-06
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GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — SHARDLOW, Christopher Eric (same surname) appointed 2021-12-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

6 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Christopher Eric Shardlow Individual · British · DOB 11/1986 · age 40	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Matthew Paul Shardlow Individual · British · DOB 12/1989 · age 37	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Zoe Ann Shardlow Individual · British · DOB 08/1962 · age 64	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mrs Elizabeth Thompson Individual · British · DOB 08/1991 · age 35	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Michael Ambrose Shardlow Individual · British · DOB 06/1957 · age 69	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mrs Kathryn Jane White Individual · British · DOB 12/1984 · age 42	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2005-06-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

Beacon Farm

Beacon Way Sneaton

Whitby

North Yorkshire

YO22 5HS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-20

Last: 2025-06-06