NAVAN TAVERNS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC225396 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-15

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

73/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Licenced restaurants

Sector: Accommodation & food service

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

56302Public houses and bars

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (38/100).

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Refinance opportunity

12 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 24.4y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 24.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 50/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

12 charges (12/12 with lender, 12/12 with type)

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

91 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

73/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

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	2024-04-30	2023-04-30

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2025-07-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-04-14
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-04-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-04-13
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dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2023-03-28
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-09-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-01-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-12-23
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mortgage · MR01
2015-12-17
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Charge registered #12
Lender: Tennent Caledonian Breweries Wholesale Limited
2015-11-09
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annual-return · AR01
2008-04-04
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Charge registered #11
Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
2007-03-30
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
2005-11-18
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
2005-02-10
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
2004-10-26
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Charge satisfied #1
2003-11-10
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
2002-10-03
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Belhaven Brewery Company Limited
2002-01-16
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Aib Group UK PLC
2002-01-16
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Aib Group UK PLC
2001-12-28
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Aib Group UK PLC
2001-12-03
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Belhaven Brewery Company Limited
2001-11-28
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ROSS, Gemma Alison appointed
secretary
2001-11-28
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ROSS, Peter Brian resigned
secretary
2001-11-20
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KANE, Particia Marie appointed
director
2001-11-20
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ROSS, Gemma Alison appointed
director
2001-11-20
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ROSS, Gerard Francis appointed
director
2001-11-20
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ROSS, Michael Edward appointed
director
2001-11-20
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ROSS, Peter Brian appointed
director
2001-11-20
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ROSS, Stephen John appointed
director
2001-11-20
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ROSS, Peter Brian appointed
secretary
2001-11-20
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PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-11-20
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PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2001-11-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Belhaven Brewery Company Limited
2001-11-15
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Company incorporated
As NAVAN TAVERNS LIMITED
2001-11-15
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PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-11-15
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PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

1 low

11 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Peter Brian Ross Individual · British · DOB 03/1971 · age 55	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/11/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2001-11-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

16 Academy Street

Coatbridge

Lanarkshire

ML5 3AU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-04-30

Last made up to: 2024-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-01

Last: 2025-04-17