MERCHANT CITY HOTELS LIMITED
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2020-07-15📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-07-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2020-06-19📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-02-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-02-21➕MULLEN, Robert Stephen appointeddirector
- 2020-01-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-01-17➕ARNOTT, Robert Graeme appointeddirector
- 2020-01-08📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2019-12-31🏢Company incorporatedAs MERCHANT CITY HOTELS LIMITED
- 2019-12-31➕RUSSELL, Gordon Iain appointeddirector
- 2019-12-31📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
Merchant City Property Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Merchant City Property Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 02/01/2020 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Caledonian Heritable Limitedceased 02/01/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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