LOCH TORRIDON HOTEL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC192961 · ltd · incorporated 1999-01-29

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

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 Jan 2025

Net worth

£959.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 27.2y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 27.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

79 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £959,802

Cash YoY

-16%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.1m

↓ 16% YoY

Net Worth

£960k

↑ 45% YoY

Current Assets

£1.3m

↓ 13% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£1.30M	£900.4k
Current assets	£1.26M	£1.46M
Cash	£1.10M	£1.32M
Debtors	£64.6k	£44.3k
Net assets	£959.8k	£661.6k

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

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 (28 events)Click to expand

2025-07-14
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accounts · AA
2024-08-19
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accounts · AA
2023-09-21
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accounts · AA
2023-06-12
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capital · SH08
2022-06-16
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accounts · AA
2021-06-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-27
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accounts · AA
2019-06-11
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capital · SH01
2018-07-16
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accounts · AA
2018-02-01
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AITCHISON, Ross appointed
director
2018-02-01
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officers · AP01
2018-01-29
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accounts · AA01
2017-08-22
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accounts · AA
2017-05-26
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accounts · AA01
2001-03-01
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ROSE-BRISTOW, Rohaise appointed
director
1999-04-06
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ROSE-BRISTOW, Rohaise appointed
secretary
1999-04-06
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ROSE-BRISTOW, Daniel appointed
director
1999-04-06
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GREGORY, Geraldine Margaret resigned
secretary
1999-03-21
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1999-01-29
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Company incorporated
As LOCH TORRIDON HOTEL LIMITED
1999-01-29
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GREGORY, David Malcolm appointed
director
1999-01-29
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GREGORY, Geraldine Margaret appointed
director
1999-01-29
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GREGORY, Geraldine Margaret appointed
secretary
1999-01-29
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REID, Brian appointed
nominee-secretary
1999-01-29
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REID, Brian resigned
nominee-secretary
1999-01-29
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MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
nominee-director
1999-01-29
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MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — 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 candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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 Daniel Rose-Bristow Individual · British · DOB 06/1972 · age 54	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Rohaise Rose-Bristow Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54	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

Incorporated1999-01-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Loch Torridon Hotel

Torridon

Achnasheen

Ross Shire

IV22 2EY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-08

Last: 2026-05-25