INCHMAGRANNACHAN ENTERPRISES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC059835 · ltd · incorporated 1976-04-21

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£123.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 55300

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

97 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £123,334

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£123k

↑ 21% YoY

Current Assets

£55k

↓ 11% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£143.4k	£122.3k
Current assets	£55.3k	£62.0k
Net assets	£123.3k	£102.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

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2016-09-30
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accounts · AA
2016-05-05
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officers · AP01
2016-05-01
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MATHIESON, Sheena Catherine Mckenzie appointed
director
2016-03-17
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2016-03-17
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2016-03-17
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officers · TM02
2015-11-01
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MATHIESON, Jessie resigned
secretary
2015-11-01
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MATHIESON, Jessie resigned
director
2004-11-02
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MATHIESON, Iain Andrew appointed
director
2004-11-02
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MATHIESON, John Moir resigned
director
1976-04-21
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Company incorporated
As INCHMAGRANNACHAN ENTERPRISES LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 50 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Iain Andrew Mathieson Individual · British · DOB 12/1955 · age 71	25–50%	25–50%	board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest	06/04/2016
Mrs Sheena Catherine Mckenzie Mathieson Individual · British · DOB 10/1955 · age 71	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1976-04-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55300 — SIC 55300

Registered office

Inchmagrannachan Farm

Little Dunkeld

Dunkeld

Perthshire

PH8 0JS

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-24

Last: 2026-03-10

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MATHIESON, Iain Andrew→

director · ~71y · appointed 2004-11-02

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Active

MATHIESON, Sheena Catherine Mckenzie→

director · ~71y · appointed 2016-05-01

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Active

MATHIESON, Jessie→

secretary · resigned 2015-11-01

Resigned

MATHIESON, Jessie→

director · ~94y · resigned 2015-11-01

Resigned

MATHIESON, John Moir→

director · ~97y · resigned 2004-11-02

Resigned

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