NEWHALL EVENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC377721 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-29
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-800.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £800,518

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£56k
Net Worth
-£801k
Current Assets
£188k
Current Liabilities
—
-£801k-£603k-£405k-£208k-£10k£188kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£-567.1k—
Current assets£187.8k—
Cash£55.8k—
Debtors£132.0k—
Net assets£-800.5k—
Average employees—600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 address
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-12-16
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-01-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-22
    ➕
    KENNEDY, Andrew Bruce appointed
    director
  8. 2022-02-22
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-01-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-01-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-20
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2017-12-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-12-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2017-12-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2017-12-04
    ➖
    KENNEDY, Andrew Bruce resigned
    director
  19. 2017-12-04
    ➖
    KENNEDY, Patricia Alice resigned
    director
  20. 2017-11-01
    ➕
    KENNEDY, James Alexander appointed
    director
  21. 2017-11-01
    ➕
    KENNEDY, John Anthony Bingham appointed
    director
  22. 2017-11-01
    ➕
    KENNEDY, Andrew Bruce appointed
    director
  23. 2016-03-01
    ➖
    KENNEDY, John Anthony Bingham resigned
    director
  24. 2016-03-01
    ➕
    KENNEDY, Patricia Alice appointed
    director
  25. 2010-04-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As NEWHALL EVENTS LIMITED
  26. 2010-04-29
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2010-04-29
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2010-04-29
    ➕
    KENNEDY, John Anthony Bingham appointed
    director
  29. 2010-04-29
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  30. 2010-04-29
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

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
  • +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

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — KENNEDY, Andrew Bruce (same surname) appointed 2022-02-22. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Alexander Kennedy
Individual · British · DOB 07/1986 · age 40
——sig. influencesignificant influence02/11/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Patricia Alice Kennedyceased 02/11/2017· significant influence

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
Incorporated2010-04-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Newhall House
Carlops
Penicuik
EH26 9LY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last: 2025-12-11

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

KENNEDY, Andrew Bruce→
director · ~42y · appointed 2022-02-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KENNEDY, James Alexander→
director · ~40y · appointed 2017-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KENNEDY, John Anthony Bingham→
director · ~75y · appointed 2017-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-04-29 · resigned 2010-04-29
Resigned
KENNEDY, Andrew Bruce→
director · ~42y · appointed 2017-11-01 · resigned 2017-12-04
Resigned
KENNEDY, John Anthony Bingham→
director · ~75y · appointed 2010-04-29 · resigned 2016-03-01
Resigned
KENNEDY, Patricia Alice→
director · ~77y · appointed 2016-03-01 · resigned 2017-12-04
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-04-29 · resigned 2010-04-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-27