CLAIRMONT ENTERPRISES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC173386 · ltd · incorporated 1997-03-12
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 29.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£714.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 29.1y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
77 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £714,654

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£715k
↑ 4.8% YoY
Current Assets
£497k
↑ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£143k£286k£429k£572k£715kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£714.7k£681.6k
Current assets£497.0k£450.7k
Net assets£714.7k£681.6k

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

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1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-11
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  6. 2022-12-31
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  8. 2022-03-31
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  9. 2021-03-28
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  10. 2021-02-02
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  11. 2019-12-27
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  12. 2018-12-18
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  13. 2017-12-29
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  14. 2016-12-29
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  15. 2016-03-18
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  16. 2000-01-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  17. 1997-05-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  18. 1997-03-12
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    Company incorporated
    As CLAIRMONT ENTERPRISES LIMITED
  19. 1997-03-12
    ➕
    INKSTER, Michael Alastair appointed
    secretary
  20. 1997-03-12
    ➕
    INKSTER, Jeanna Balfour appointed
    director
  21. 1997-03-12
    ➕
    INKSTER, Michael Alastair appointed
    director
  22. 1997-03-12
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    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  23. 1997-03-12
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-03-12
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  25. 1997-03-12
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    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Alastair Inkster
Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting28/02/2024
Mr Jeanna Inkster
Individual · British · DOB 07/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-03-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

159 Commercial Street
Lerwick
Shetland
ZE1 0EX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last: 2026-02-14

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

INKSTER, Michael Alastair→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-12
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Active
INKSTER, Jeanna Balfour→
director · ~54y · appointed 1997-03-12
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Active
INKSTER, Michael Alastair→
director · ~58y · appointed 1997-03-12
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Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-03-12 · resigned 1997-03-12
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1997-03-12 · resigned 1997-03-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property21/01/2000—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property06/05/1997—
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Recent filings (77 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-18