WESTERN HOUSE CATERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC269741 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-23

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 21.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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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 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.6y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 21.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (5 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

31 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

102 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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2025-10-02
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2025-10-02
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2025-10-02
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2024-10-17
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2024-10-17
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2024-10-17
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other · AGREEMENT2
2024-10-17
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other · GUARANTEE2
2023-11-07
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2023-11-07
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2023-10-21
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2023-10-21
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other · GUARANTEE2
2022-10-03
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accounts · AA
2022-10-03
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accounts · PARENT_ACC
2022-10-03
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other · AGREEMENT2
2022-10-03
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other · GUARANTEE2
2022-08-23
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officers · CH01
2021-09-30
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accounts · AA
2021-09-30
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other · AGREEMENT2
2021-09-30
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other · GUARANTEE2
2020-12-31
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MACDONALD, Barry Neil resigned
director
2014-11-12
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MACDONALD, Barry Neil appointed
director
2014-11-12
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ROUGH, Stewart Harley resigned
director
2013-09-06
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Charge satisfied #1
2013-07-29
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2010-05-10
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MORRISON, James Stuart appointed
director
2007-07-26
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BROWN, David John appointed
director
2005-08-01
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BROWN, David John appointed
secretary
2005-08-01
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ROUGH, Stewart Harley resigned
secretary
2005-08-01
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STEWART, Russell James resigned
director
2005-07-31
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THOMSON, James resigned
director
2004-10-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2004-10-14
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THOMSON, James appointed
director
2004-08-31
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STEWART, Russell James resigned
director
2004-08-09
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JOHNSTONE, Richard Bell appointed
director
2004-08-09
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MACDONALD, Alan Gillies appointed
director
2004-08-09
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ROUGH, Stewart Harley appointed
secretary
2004-08-09
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-08-09
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ROUGH, Stewart Harley appointed
director
2004-08-09
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STEWART, Russell James appointed
director
2004-08-09
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STEWART, Russell James appointed
director
2004-08-09
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2004-06-23
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Company incorporated
As WESTERN HOUSE CATERING LIMITED
2004-06-23
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-06-23
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Western Meeting Club 2003 Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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Western Meeting Club 2003 Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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WESTERN HOUSE CATERING LIMITED

This company · SC269741

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Western Meeting Club 2003 Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Western Meeting Club 2003 Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	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

Incorporated2004-06-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

2 Whitletts Road

Ayr

Ayrshire

KA8 0JE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-14

Last: 2025-08-31