COURT HOTEL SUITES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC373209 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-17

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£553.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

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 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 10.6y

30/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 10.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

41 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 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £553,089

Cash YoY

-24%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£419k

↓ 24% YoY

Net Worth

£553k

↑ 7.5% YoY

Current Assets

£450k

↓ 18% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£962.9k	£1.13M
Current assets	£449.6k	£551.3k
Cash	£419.0k	£551.3k
Debtors	£30.5k	—
Net assets	£553.1k	£514.4k

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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-15
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accounts · AA
2023-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-24
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mortgage · MR01
2018-12-08
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2018-10-19
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mortgage · MR04
2018-10-19
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Charge satisfied #1
2018-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-10-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-11-28
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accounts · AA01
2016-03-18
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-11-06
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2015-10-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Dsl Business Finance LTD
2010-02-17
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Company incorporated
As COURT HOTEL SUITES LIMITED
2010-02-17
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HAY, Hazel appointed
secretary
2010-02-17
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HAY, Hazel appointed
director
2010-02-17
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HAY, James Alexander appointed
director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr James Alexander Hay Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Hazel Hay Individual · British · DOB 08/1962 · age 64	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	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

Incorporated2010-02-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

1 Court Square

High Street

Linlithgow

West Lothian

EH49 7EQ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-03

Last: 2026-02-17

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HAY, Hazel→

secretary · appointed 2010-02-17

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Active

HAY, Hazel→

director · ~64y · appointed 2010-02-17

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HAY, James Alexander→

director · ~64y · appointed 2010-02-17

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	—	08/12/2018	—
	satisfied	Dsl Business Finance Dsl Business Finance LTD	A registered charge	—	18/10/2015	19/10/2018

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