BAUHAUS STUDENT LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC659434 · ltd · incorporated 2020-04-16
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
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 (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-03-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-03-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-03-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-03-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-13📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-04-02📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-07-08📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2023-07-04📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2022-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-08✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2021-09-08📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-09-03📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2021-09-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-07-06📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2020-04-16🏢Company incorporatedAs BAUHAUS STUDENT LIMITED
- 2020-04-16➕FLAME, Simon Paul appointeddirector
- 2020-04-16➕FLAME, Susan Maree appointeddirector
- 2020-04-16📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
79/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
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.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Broxmouth Leisure Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Broxmouth Leisure Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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BAUHAUS STUDENT LIMITED
This company · SC659434
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Broxmouth Leisure Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 17/03/2025 |
Mr Simon Paul Flame Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 16/04/2020 |
Mrs Susan Maree Flame Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 16/04/2020 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Simon Paul Flameceased 17/03/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mrs Susan Maree Flameceased 17/03/2025· 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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| ES PROPERTIES (LIVERPOOL) LIMITED→ SC302355 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
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| EUSACO PREMISES LIMITED→ SC341993 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
| EWIM LTD→ SC559759 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| FARMERS ARMS (THORNHILL) LIMITED→ SC777170 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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| FIRST SMART D2 LIMITED→ SC611159 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-04-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation
Registered office
Broxmouth Park
Dunbar
East Lothian
EH42 1QW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-29
Last: 2025-04-15
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
FLAME, Simon Paul→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2020-04-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FLAME, Susan Maree→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2020-04-16
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Recent filings (25 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-03-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-04-13
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-04-02
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-05
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-07-04