BIDE HOTELS & INVESTMENTS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC678337 · ltd · incorporated 2020-10-21

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Asset base steady — strong defensive profile, no urgency cue.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-111.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

70/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
68310Real estate agencies
70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

20 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

70/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £111,168

Cash YoY

+116%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£17k

↑ 116% YoY

Net Worth

-£111k

↓ 131% YoY

Current Assets

£159k

↑ 18% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£-99.1k	£-48.1k
Current assets	£159.1k	£134.9k
Cash	£17.1k	£7.9k
Debtors	£141.9k	£127.0k
Net assets	£-111.2k	£-48.1k

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

filing

• 1 change-of-name

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 change-of-name
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-03-16
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-17
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KIRKLAND, Samantha Seanna appointed
director
2023-10-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-25
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-07-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-20
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-12
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-16
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-20
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-10-21
🏢
Company incorporated
As BIDE HOTELS & INVESTMENTS LTD
2020-10-21
➕
LIDDELL, David William appointed
director
2020-10-21
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100

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.
+No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100

Weak signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·

Name changed recently

medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-03-16: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David William Liddell Individual · Scottish · DOB 12/1991 · age 35	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	21/10/2020

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

Incorporated2020-10-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

1 Cambuslang Court

Cambuslang

Glasgow

Strathclyde

G32 8FH

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-29

Last: 2025-10-15

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KIRKLAND, Samantha Seanna→

director · ~29y · appointed 2023-10-17

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Active

LIDDELL, David William→

director · ~35y · appointed 2020-10-21

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Active

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Recent filings (20 total)

certificate-change-of-name-company

change-of-name · CERTNM

2026-03-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-23

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-11-01

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-23

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-10-17

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended

accounts · AA01

2023-07-25

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-07-21

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-07-20

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-07-12

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-07-12

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-01-16

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-01-16