LION & UNICORN HOTEL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC202210 · ltd · incorporated 1999-12-08
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 26.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 26.2y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees151400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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  2. 2024-12-20
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  3. 2024-06-19
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  4. 2024-06-10
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  5. 2024-06-10
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  6. 2023-12-21
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  7. 2022-12-30
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  8. 2021-12-17
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  9. 2021-03-24
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  10. 2019-11-18
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  11. 2018-11-22
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  12. 2017-11-08
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  13. 2016-12-29
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  14. 2015-12-16
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  15. 2015-11-29
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  16. 2014-07-31
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    DI FOLCO, Alberto Anthony resigned
    secretary
  17. 2011-02-21
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    STEVENSON, Fiona Ann appointed
    director
  18. 2007-05-03
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2002-11-01
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    COCOZZA, Paul resigned
    secretary
  20. 2002-11-01
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    DI FOLCO, Alberto Anthony appointed
    secretary
  21. 2000-03-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  22. 2000-01-26
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    DOUGALL, Pamela appointed
    director
  23. 2000-01-26
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    DOUGALL, Thomas Barclay appointed
    director
  24. 2000-01-26
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    COCOZZA, Paul appointed
    secretary
  25. 2000-01-26
    ➖
    GLEN, Jeremy Stewart resigned
    secretary
  26. 2000-01-26
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    BORTHWICK, Alan Charles resigned
    director
  27. 2000-01-26
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    GLEN, Jeremy Stewart resigned
    director
  28. 1999-12-08
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    Company incorporated
    As LION & UNICORN HOTEL LIMITED
  29. 1999-12-08
    ➕
    GLEN, Jeremy Stewart appointed
    secretary
  30. 1999-12-08
    ➕
    BORTHWICK, Alan Charles appointed
    director
  31. 1999-12-08
    ➕
    GLEN, Jeremy Stewart appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Thomas Barclay Dougall
Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-12-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

33 Winchester Avenue
Denny
Stirlingshire
FK6 6QD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-22
Last: 2025-12-08

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

DOUGALL, Pamela→
director · ~58y · appointed 2000-01-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOUGALL, Thomas Barclay→
director · ~59y · appointed 2000-01-26
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Active
STEVENSON, Fiona Ann→
director · ~64y · appointed 2011-02-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COCOZZA, Paul→
secretary · appointed 2000-01-26 · resigned 2002-11-01
Resigned
DI FOLCO, Alberto Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-01 · resigned 2014-07-31
Resigned
GLEN, Jeremy Stewart→
secretary · appointed 1999-12-08 · resigned 2000-01-26
Resigned
BORTHWICK, Alan Charles→
director · ~69y · appointed 1999-12-08 · resigned 2000-01-26
Resigned
GLEN, Jeremy Stewart→
director · ~60y · appointed 1999-12-08 · resigned 2000-01-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property10/03/200003/05/2007

Recent filings (81 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-03-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-16