EOLAS CONSULTANTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC183507 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-03
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 15.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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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
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 15.0y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
98 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees100100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 2 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  2. 2025-12-29
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  3. 2025-11-13
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  4. 2025-11-13
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  5. 2025-09-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  7. 2024-12-23
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  8. 2024-12-09
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  9. 2024-06-21
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    address · AD01
  10. 2023-11-30
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  11. 2023-02-24
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  12. 2022-02-21
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  13. 2021-05-04
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  14. 2020-02-15
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  15. 2019-03-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2017-01-17
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    Charge satisfied #2
  17. 2011-06-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2011-05-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  19. 1998-03-13
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    MCDADE, Mary Anne appointed
    secretary
  20. 1998-03-13
    ➕
    MCDADE, John appointed
    director
  21. 1998-03-13
    ➕
    MCDADE, Mary Anne appointed
    director
  22. 1998-03-13
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1998-03-13
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 1998-03-03
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    Company incorporated
    As EOLAS CONSULTANTS LIMITED
  25. 1998-03-03
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1998-03-03
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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 28 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 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
Mrs Mary Anne Mcdade
Individual · British,American · DOB 05/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr John Mcdade
Individual · British · DOB 10/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1998-03-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

Unit 211 Church Street
Inverness
IV1 1EA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last: 2026-03-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MCDADE, Mary Anne→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-13
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Active
MCDADE, John→
director · ~71y · appointed 1998-03-13
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Active
MCDADE, Mary Anne→
director · ~62y · appointed 1998-03-13
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-03-03 · resigned 1998-03-13
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-03-03 · resigned 1998-03-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Standard security1 property23/06/201117/01/2017
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property26/05/2011—
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Recent filings (98 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-23
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10