COUNTRY COURTYARD COTTAGES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC199448 · ltd · incorporated 1999-09-01
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£39k£77k£116k£154k£193kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Cash—£86.1k
Net assets—£192.5k
Average employees0—

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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-08-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-08-21
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    SIME, Elizabeth Murdoch appointed
    director
  5. 2025-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-05-26
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-05-01
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-30
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  13. 2017-02-27
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-12
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2016-02-14
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    SIME, Archibald resigned
    director
  17. 2015-09-08
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 1999-09-01
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    Company incorporated
    As COUNTRY COURTYARD COTTAGES LIMITED
  19. 1999-09-01
    ➕
    SIME, Elizabeth Eccles appointed
    secretary
  20. 1999-09-01
    ➕
    SIME, Elizabeth Eccles appointed
    director
  21. 1999-09-01
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1999-09-01
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1999-09-01
    ➕
    SIME, Archibald appointed
    director
  24. 1999-09-01
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1999-09-01
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — SIME, Elizabeth Murdoch (same surname) appointed 2025-08-21. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 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 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Elizabeth Eccles Sime
Individual · British · DOB 06/1943 · age 83
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated1999-09-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Bellsbank Farm
Ayr
Ayrshire
KA6 5JP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SIME, Elizabeth Eccles→
secretary · appointed 1999-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIME, Elizabeth Murdoch→
director · ~54y · appointed 2025-08-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIME, Elizabeth Eccles→
director · ~83y · appointed 1999-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-09-01 · resigned 1999-09-01
Resigned
SIME, Archibald→
director · ~89y · appointed 1999-09-01 · resigned 2016-02-14
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-09-01 · resigned 1999-09-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-26