PHILIPBURN HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC320384 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-04
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 18.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£413.5k
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 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 18.6y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.6 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: 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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £413,460
Net assets shrinking
Down £87,235 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£413k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£417k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£100k£200k£301k£401k£501kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£413.9k£501.1k
Current assets£416.8k£501.1k
Net assets£413.5k£500.7k

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
4
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  2. 2026-03-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-03-26
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  4. 2025-12-09
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  5. 2025-06-03
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  6. 2023-12-21
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  7. 2023-09-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-16
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  10. 2021-06-09
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  11. 2020-06-11
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  12. 2019-02-06
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  13. 2018-05-10
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  14. 2017-06-20
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  15. 2016-06-22
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  16. 2007-10-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Abbey National PLC
  17. 2007-09-12
    ➕
    WELLS, Marie appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-09-12
    ➕
    WELLS, Ian James appointed
    director
  19. 2007-09-12
    ➕
    WELLS, Marie appointed
    director
  20. 2007-09-12
    ➖
    1924 NOMINEES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2007-09-12
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    1924 DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  22. 2007-04-04
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    Company incorporated
    As PHILIPBURN HOLDINGS LIMITED
  23. 2007-04-04
    ➕
    1924 NOMINEES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2007-04-04
    ➕
    1924 DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian James Wells
Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting04/04/2017
Mrs Marie Wells
Individual · British · DOB 11/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting04/04/2017

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
Incorporated2007-04-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Gall Robertson Ca Tweedside Park
Tweedbank
Galashiels
TD1 3TE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-18
Last: 2026-04-04

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WELLS, Marie→
secretary · appointed 2007-09-12
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Active
WELLS, Ian James→
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-09-12
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Active
WELLS, Marie→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-09-12
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Active
1924 NOMINEES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-04-04 · resigned 2007-09-12
Resigned
1924 DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-04-04 · resigned 2007-09-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Santander
Abbey National PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property03/10/2007—
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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-03-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-09