ROSS HOLIDAY HOMES LIMITED

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SC225265 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-13
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 24.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£23.3k
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 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

2 live charges · oldest 24.3y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
62 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £23,316

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£23k
↑ 51% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↓ 58% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£5k£9k£14k£19k£23kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-302023-12-30
Total assets£22.8k£14.9k
Current assets£4.9k£11.7k
Net assets£23.3k£15.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-27
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    WARING, Helen Julia appointed
    secretary
  2. 2025-10-27
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    ROSS, Peter Bruce, Managing Director resigned
    secretary
  3. 2025-10-27
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
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  4. 2025-10-27
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  5. 2025-10-27
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  6. 2025-09-29
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  7. 2024-09-30
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  8. 2023-09-30
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  9. 2022-10-30
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  10. 2021-09-29
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  11. 2020-12-29
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  12. 2019-09-29
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  13. 2018-09-29
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  14. 2017-09-29
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  15. 2016-09-28
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  16. 2015-12-09
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  17. 2015-09-29
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  18. 2005-12-17
    ➕
    ROSS, Dianna Jean appointed
    director
  19. 2005-11-20
    ➖
    ROSS, John Douglas resigned
    director
  20. 2002-03-26
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  21. 2002-01-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  22. 2001-11-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ROSS HOLIDAY HOMES LIMITED
  23. 2001-11-13
    ➕
    ROSS, Peter Bruce, Managing Director appointed
    director
  24. 2001-11-13
    ➕
    ROSS, Peter Bruce, Managing Director appointed
    secretary
  25. 2001-11-13
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2001-11-13
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2001-11-13
    ➕
    ROSS, John Douglas appointed
    director
  28. 2001-11-13
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2001-11-13
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ROSS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 80 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 24 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Dianna Jean Ross
Individual · British · DOB 03/1946 · age 80
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Leslie Alexandra Ross
Individual · British · DOB 07/1953 · age 73
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Managing Director Peter Bruce Ross
Individual · British · DOB 04/1950 · age 76
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-11-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

Callwood Cottage
Coshieville
Aberfeldy
PH15 2ND
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

WARING, Helen Julia→
secretary · appointed 2025-10-27
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Active
ROSS, Dianna Jean→
director · ~80y · appointed 2005-12-17
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Active
ROSS, Peter Bruce, Managing Director→
director · ~76y · appointed 2001-11-13
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Active
ROSS, Peter Bruce, Managing Director→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-13 · resigned 2025-10-27
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-11-13 · resigned 2001-11-13
Resigned
ROSS, John Douglas→
director · ~80y · appointed 2001-11-13 · resigned 2005-11-20
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-11-13 · resigned 2001-11-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security2 properties26/03/2002—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property28/01/2002—
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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-10-27
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-10-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-25