PARLIAMENT HOUSE HOTEL COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC029576 · ltd · incorporated 1953-07-28

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 30.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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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

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 5 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

10 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 30.4y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 30.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 40/100 — 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

10 charges (10/10 with lender, 10/10 with type)

Directors & officers

14 officers (8 active, 14 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

160 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	18	1800

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

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2 signals 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (50 events)Click to expand

2026-01-14
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2019-12-20
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2018-12-19
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2012-09-09
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WOODCOCK, Louis Peter resigned
director
2008-08-26
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ARTHUR, Claire Janet Harper appointed
director
2008-08-26
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THOMPSON, Caroline appointed
director
2008-08-26
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THOMPSON, Julia Frances appointed
director
2006-08-22
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WOODCOCK, Antony James appointed
director
2006-08-02
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WOODCOCK, Carol Anne appointed
director
2006-08-02
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WOODCOCK, Daniel Louis appointed
director
2001-10-29
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Charge registered #10
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2001-09-04
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Charge satisfied #9
2001-09-04
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Charge satisfied #8
2001-09-04
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Charge satisfied #4
2001-09-04
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Charge satisfied #3
2001-09-04
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Charge satisfied #2
2000-09-18
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KEARNEY, Douglas Richard resigned
director
1996-03-11
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Royal Bank Investments Limited
1996-03-11
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Charge registered #7
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1996-03-08
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KEARNEY, Douglas Richard appointed
director
1996-03-07
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Royal Bank Investments Limited
1995-11-29
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Charge registered #6
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1995-11-29
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Charge registered #5
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1995-11-29
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Royal Bank Investments Limited
1995-11-29
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Royal Bank Investments Limited
1995-11-23
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EDWARD, Herbert Crawford resigned
secretary
1995-11-23
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BAKER, June Eglinton resigned
director
1995-11-23
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EDWARD, Herbert Crawford resigned
director
1995-11-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Royal Bank Investments Limited
1995-11-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1995-11-22
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THOMPSON, David George appointed
secretary
1995-11-22
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THOMPSON, David George appointed
director
1995-11-22
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WOODCOCK, Louis Peter appointed
director
1995-11-06
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BAKER, June Eglinton appointed
director
1995-11-06
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EDWARD, Mary Campbell resigned
director
1953-07-28
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Company incorporated
As PARLIAMENT HOUSE HOTEL COMPANY LIMITED

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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 73 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

1 med · 1 low

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

5 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

Adams Hotels Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Adams Hotels Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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PARLIAMENT HOUSE HOTEL COMPANY LIMITED

This company · SC029576

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Adams Hotels Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	08/04/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr David George Thompsonceased 07/04/2016· 75-100% shares · firm interest
Mrs Carol Anne Woodcockceased 07/04/2016· 75-100% shares · firm interest

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

Incorporated1953-07-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Parliament House Hotel

15 Calton Hill

Edinburgh

EH1 3BJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-30

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-24

Last: 2026-01-10