CASTLE SWEEN BAY HOLIDAYS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC090697 · ltd · incorporated 1984-11-23
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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 (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
109 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1500 | 1500 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
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
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-07-14📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-07-14📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-07-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-07-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-07-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-05-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-30📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-10-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-10-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-10-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-10-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-10-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-10-29📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-07-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2000-02-17➕GEORGE, Stephanie Dorothee appointeddirector
- 1996-04-10➕ROGERS, Dorothee appointedsecretary
- 1996-04-10➖FRASER, Iain Gordon resignedsecretary
- 1993-02-24➖HEIMBACH, Rolf resigneddirector
- 1984-11-23🏢Company incorporatedAs CASTLE SWEEN BAY HOLIDAYS LIMITED
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Dorothee Rogers Individual · German · DOB 06/1943 · age 83 | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 28/10/2024 |
Mr Duncan Henry Rogers Individual · British · DOB 06/1937 · age 89 | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Phoebe Jennifer Rogersceased 11/03/2026· 25-50% shares
- Mr Andrew Richard Rogersceased 07/07/2025· 25-50% shares
- Mrs Stephanie Dorothee Georgeceased 07/07/2025· 25-50% shares
- Mr Duncan Norman Rogersceased 07/07/2025· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| CEYLON CARTEL LIMITED→ SC829489 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| CHIKAS CAFE LTD→ SC881688 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CHILLIGRILLZ LTD→ SC693946 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| CHMD LIMITED→ SC558038 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| CLYDE CORNER CAFE LTD→ SC825983 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| CLYDE EATS LTD→ SC702535 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| CLYDE PROPERTY RENTALS LTD→ SC857045 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1984-11-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation
Registered office
Ellary
Achahoish
Lochgilphead
Argyll
PA31 8PA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
Active
GEORGE, Stephanie Dorothee→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2000-02-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
Active
FRASER, Iain Gordon→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1996-04-10
HEIMBACH, Rolf→
Resigneddirector · ~113y · resigned 1993-02-24
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Recent filings (109 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-11
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-07-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-10-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-29