CARRON RESTAURANT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC264866 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-12

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 21.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Licenced restaurants

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 65). 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 · 2 lenders · oldest 21.7y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 21.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

67 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	200	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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 mortgage

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2025-11-22
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mortgage · MR01
2025-11-03
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Strategic Investment Limited
2025-10-20
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accounts · AA
2024-11-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-07
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address · AD01
2019-12-12
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accounts · AA
2019-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-11-13
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mortgage · MR04
2017-11-13
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Charge satisfied #2
2017-10-19
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accounts · AA
2017-01-16
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accounts · AA
2016-03-29
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annual-return · AR01
2015-09-09
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accounts · AA
2015-06-30
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Charge satisfied #1
2005-04-01
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SIMPSON, Keith William resigned
director
2004-11-02
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2004-08-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2004-03-22
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
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2004-03-22
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2004-03-22
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
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2004-03-22
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2004-03-12
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Company incorporated
As CARRON RESTAURANT LIMITED
2004-03-12
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CLEAVER, Jacqueline Margaret appointed
secretary
2004-03-12
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CLEAVER, Jacqueline Margaret appointed
director
2004-03-12
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CLEAVER, Robert Peter appointed
director
2004-03-12
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SIMPSON, Keith William appointed
director

Owner dependency

91/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 Robert Peter Cleaver Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Jacqueline Margaret Cleaver Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64	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

Incorporated2004-03-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

26-30 Marine Place

Buckie

AB56 1UT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-09

Last: 2025-09-25

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CLEAVER, Jacqueline Margaret→

secretary · appointed 2004-03-12

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Active

CLEAVER, Jacqueline Margaret→

director · ~64y · appointed 2004-03-12

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Active

CLEAVER, Robert Peter→

director · ~65y · appointed 2004-03-12

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-03-22 · resigned 2004-03-22

Resigned

SIMPSON, Keith William→

director · ~60y · appointed 2004-03-12 · resigned 2005-04-01

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-03-22 · resigned 2004-03-22

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Strategic Investment Strategic Investment Limited	A registered charge	2 properties	03/11/2025	—
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	02/11/2004	13/11/2017
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	26/08/2004	30/06/2015

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