SURGEONS QUARTER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC256751 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-29

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Why now

Window closing · medium confidence

Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 85 → 90

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 22.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

↑Hygiene score: 85 → 90

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 22.3y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 22.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (49/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

27 officers (7 active, 27 linked, 23 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

109 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (73 events)Click to expand

2026-03-23
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officers · CH01
2025-09-24
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accounts · AA
2025-06-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-23
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LIAU, Siong Seng, Dr resigned
director
2025-05-23
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WATSON, Angus, Professor resigned
director
2025-02-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-20
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WATSON, Angus, Professor appointed
director
2024-11-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-21
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TURNER, Philip Gartside resigned
director
2024-07-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
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COLINGSWORTH, Ellen Cordell resigned
director
2024-02-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-07-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-07
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EGAN, Mark appointed
director
2023-02-14
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LIAU, Siong Seng, Dr appointed
director
2023-02-14
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TURNER, Philip Gartside appointed
director
2023-02-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-04
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OXFORD, Anthony James resigned
director
2023-01-04
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PATON, Robin William, Professor resigned
director
2022-11-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-11
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GIBSON, John Nicolas Alastair resigned
director
2022-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-09-22
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-05-21
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OXFORD, Anthony James appointed
director
2021-05-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-05-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-09-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-08-26
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2020-05-22
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JOHNSTON, Neil appointed
secretary
2019-11-11
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ROONEY, Alison resigned
secretary
2019-11-11
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ROONEY, Alison resigned
director
2018-11-09
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MONTGOMERY, Richard John resigned
director
2018-11-09
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PATON, Robin William, Professor appointed
director
2018-09-29
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MITCHELL, Scott appointed
director
2016-01-29
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GIBSON, John Nicolas Alastair appointed
director
2015-12-07
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JEFFREY, Robert Rankine resigned
director
2015-07-06
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STORY, Anthony Nielson appointed
director
2014-11-14
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DUNCAN, John Laing, Professor resigned
director
2014-11-14
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MONTGOMERY, Richard John appointed
director
2013-11-01
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GRAY, Ronald Walker resigned
director
2013-08-23
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SHERRY, Margaret appointed
director
2013-04-12
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JEFFREY, Robert Rankine appointed
director
2010-12-04
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Charge satisfied #2
2010-11-17
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Charge satisfied #1
2009-11-20
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DUNCAN, John Laing, Professor appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
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.)

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THE BONHAM HOTEL EDINBURGH LIMITED→ SC118669 · est 1989	£13.13M £9.85M–£16.41M	—	—	65	36y	83	69y
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COURT HOTEL SUITES LIMITED→ SC373209 · est 2010	—	—	£553.1k	—	16y	83	64y
DESTINATION EDINBURGH LIMITED→ SC357298 · est 2009	—	—	£254.5k	—	17y	83	58y
ELITE HOTELS LIMITED→ SC103199 · est 1987	—	—	—	0	39y	83	76y
J J BEAM LIMITED→ SC132477 · est 1991	—	—	—	18	34y	83	74y
MORAG'S LODGES LIMITED→ SC192271 · est 1998 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	27y	83	61y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-09-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

The Royal College Of Surgeons Of

Edinburgh, Nicolson Street

Edinburgh

Lothian

EH8 9DW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-23

Last: 2025-09-09