UKBH LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC525770 · ltd · incorporated 2016-02-02
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
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-01-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-01-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2026-01-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2026-01-06
    ZHAO, Zecheng resigned
    director
  6. 2025-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-09-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2025-09-16
    HOGG, Marlene Mary resigned
    director
  9. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-12-31
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2021-12-31
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2021-12-31
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2021-12-31
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2021-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-12-27
    ZHAO, Zecheng appointed
    director
  18. 2021-12-27
    ZHU, Bin resigned
    director
  19. 2021-03-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2019-06-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2019-06-09
    ZHU LIANG, Hui Hui appointed
    director
  23. 2017-08-08
    THORNTONS LAW LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2016-04-01
    HOGG, Marlene Mary appointed
    director
  25. 2016-03-02
    LANG, Alistair James resigned
    director
  26. 2016-03-02
    ZHU, Bin appointed
    director
  27. 2016-02-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As UKBH LIMITED
  28. 2016-02-02
    THORNTONS LAW LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2016-02-02
    LANG, Alistair James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: HOGG, Marlene Mary resigned 2025-09-16; ZHAO, Zecheng resigned 2026-01-06

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Hui Hui Zhu Liang
Individual · Hong Konger · DOB 08/1974 · age 52
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/01/2026
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Zecheng Zhaoceased 06/01/2026· 75-100% shares
  • Mr Bin Zhuceased 27/12/2021· 25-50% shares

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

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

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-02-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Kinnettles Castle
Forfar
Angus
DD8 1TR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-11
Last: 2026-01-28

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

ZHU LIANG, Hui Hui
director · ~52y · appointed 2019-06-09
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Active
THORNTONS LAW LLP
corporate-secretary · appointed 2016-02-02 · resigned 2017-08-08
Resigned
HOGG, Marlene Mary
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-04-01 · resigned 2025-09-16
Resigned
LANG, Alistair James
director · ~53y · appointed 2016-02-02 · resigned 2016-03-02
Resigned
ZHAO, Zecheng
director · ~50y · appointed 2021-12-27 · resigned 2026-01-06
Resigned
ZHU, Bin
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-03-02 · resigned 2021-12-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-12-31