SALTIRE HOSPITALITY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC208776 · ltd · incorporated 2000-07-04

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Event catering activities

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 21.3y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 21.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (6 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

96 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Average employees	83	7100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2026-04-08
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accounts · AA
2026-02-23
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officers · CH01
2026-02-23
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-02-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-04
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PETERS, Vanessa Mary appointed
director
2024-06-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-04
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officers · CH01
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officers · AP01
2024-06-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-30
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capital · SH08
2024-05-30
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incorporation · MA
2024-05-30
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-03-28
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accounts · AA
2023-03-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-09
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JANKOVIC, Branislav appointed
director
2023-02-09
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-02-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-09
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officers · AP01
2022-08-08
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capital · SH06
2022-04-22
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mortgage · MR01
2022-04-20
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2022-03-31
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Charge satisfied #1
2018-12-17
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LANDELLS, Rebecca Julia appointed
director
2018-12-17
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PETERS, Robert Bruce appointed
director
2018-12-17
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PETERS, Robert appointed
director
2018-12-17
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PETERS, Robert resigned
director
2017-02-20
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Charge satisfied #2
2011-11-22
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Aldermore Invoice Finance
2005-01-21
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2001-09-01
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FORD, Jim resigned
director
2001-04-25
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PETERS, Vanessa Mary appointed
secretary
2001-04-25
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PETERS, David John appointed
director
2001-04-25
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FORD, Jim appointed
director
2000-07-04
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Company incorporated
As SALTIRE HOSPITALITY LIMITED
2000-07-04
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-07-04
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-07-04
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-07-04
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

66/100

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Vanessa Mary Peters Individual · Irish · DOB 04/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	18/07/2020
Mr David John Peters Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60	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.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-07-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56210 — Event catering activities

Registered office

45 & 46 Dryden Terrace

Loanhead

EH20 9JL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-04

Last: 2026-03-21