GLENCOE HOLIDAYS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC251147 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-16

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 21.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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

3 live charges · oldest 21.8y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 21.8 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 (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

65 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	2025-11-30	2024-11-30
Average employees	2	200

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

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-03-09
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2025-02-20
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accounts · AA
2024-06-10
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accounts · AA
2023-03-30
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accounts · AA
2022-05-27
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accounts · AA
2021-06-16
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accounts · AA
2020-03-24
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accounts · AA
2019-03-18
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accounts · AA
2018-04-16
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accounts · AA
2017-08-26
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mortgage · MR01
2017-08-21
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2017-08-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-08-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-06-12
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accounts · AA
2016-06-27
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annual-return · AR01
2016-05-26
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accounts · AA
2015-06-19
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annual-return · AR01
2004-08-30
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2004-07-22
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2003-06-16
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Company incorporated
As GLENCOE HOLIDAYS LIMITED
2003-06-16
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DAYNES, Edward appointed
secretary
2003-06-16
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COOKE, Caroline appointed
director
2003-06-16
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DAYNES, Edward appointed
director
2003-06-16
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-06-16
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-06-16
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-06-16
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Edward Daynes Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Ms Caroline Cooke Individual · British · DOB 02/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-06-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

Gleann Lurach

Brecklet

Ballachulish

Argyll

PH49 4JG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-08-31

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last: 2025-06-16

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DAYNES, Edward→

secretary · appointed 2003-06-16

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Active

COOKE, Caroline→

director · ~59y · appointed 2003-06-16

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Active

DAYNES, Edward→

director · ~59y · appointed 2003-06-16

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-16 · resigned 2003-06-16

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-06-16 · resigned 2003-06-16

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	21/08/2017	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	30/08/2004	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	22/07/2004	—

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