ALBERT HOTEL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC196259 · ltd · incorporated 1999-05-18

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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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 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 24.6y

30/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 24.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

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

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

74 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	19	2900

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-02-23
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2025-01-21
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2024-01-25
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2023-05-22
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address · AD02
2023-01-17
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2022-02-11
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2021-04-01
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2020-02-11
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2019-01-31
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2017-09-19
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2016-11-16
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2016-11-14
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capital · SH01
2016-08-23
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capital · SH01
2016-05-27
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2016-05-27
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2016-05-27
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officers · TM02
2016-05-18
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SCHOLES, Karen appointed
secretary
2016-05-18
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WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-08-29
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Orkney Islands Council
2004-06-11
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2004-03-31
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WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-03-31
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WRIGHT JOHNSTON & MACKENZIE resigned
corporate-secretary
2001-09-28
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2001-09-21
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1999-06-18
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FLETT, Jennifer Dawn appointed
director
1999-06-18
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BELL, David Graham resigned
director
1999-05-18
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Company incorporated
As ALBERT HOTEL LIMITED
1999-05-18
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WRIGHT JOHNSTON & MACKENZIE appointed
corporate-secretary
1999-05-18
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BELL, David Graham appointed
director

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Jennifer Dawn Flett Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	18/05/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1999-05-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

8 Albert Street

Kirkwall

Orkney

KW15 1HP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-01

Last: 2025-05-18

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

SCHOLES, Karen→

secretary · appointed 2016-05-18

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FLETT, Jennifer Dawn→

director · ~65y · appointed 1999-06-18

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-03-31 · resigned 2016-05-18

Resigned

WRIGHT JOHNSTON & MACKENZIE→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-05-18 · resigned 2004-03-31

Resigned

BELL, David Graham→

director · ~63y · appointed 1999-05-18 · resigned 1999-06-18

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Orkney Islands Council	Standard security	1 property	29/08/2007	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	11/06/2004	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	28/09/2001	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	21/09/2001	—

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Recent filings (74 total)

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2026-02-23

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-01-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-01-25

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-22

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address · AD02

2023-05-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-01-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-05-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-02-11

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-05-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-04-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-05-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-02-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-05-20