ARCHERFIELD HOUSE HOTEL MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC272735 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-31

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 6.2y 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: Other 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 80/100. 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

1 live charge · oldest 6.2y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 6.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· 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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

34 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

73 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 (32 events)Click to expand

2025-09-12
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2025-07-29
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accounts · AA
2024-09-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-02
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-07-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-02-14
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address · AD01
2023-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-06-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-08-31
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-07-22
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GRYCUK, Fiona Mackinnon resigned
secretary
2021-07-22
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-07-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-11-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-03-05
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mortgage · MR01
2020-02-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2019-06-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-08-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-06-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2015-09-24
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RUSSELL, Gordon Iain appointed
director
2015-09-24
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LAING, Thomas Fleming resigned
director
2011-11-29
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YOUNGER, Thomas Alexander Kenneth appointed
director
2011-04-01
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ARNOTT, Robert Graeme appointed
director
2011-04-01
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DOYLE, Kevin Michael appointed
director
2011-04-01
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LAING, Thomas Fleming appointed
director
2004-12-16
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GLEN, John Mack appointed
director
2004-12-16
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GRYCUK, Fiona Mackinnon appointed
secretary
2004-12-16
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MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-12-16
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MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2004-08-31
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Company incorporated
As ARCHERFIELD HOUSE HOTEL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
2004-08-31
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MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-08-31
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MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 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 21 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

Caledonian Heritable Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Caledonian Heritable Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ARCHERFIELD HOUSE HOTEL MANAGEMENT LIMITED

This company · SC272735

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Caledonian Heritable Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	31/08/2021

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr John Mack Glenceased 30/08/2024· 25-50% shares
Mrs Fiona Mackinnon Grycukceased 31/08/2021· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2004-08-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

46 Charlotte Square

Edinburgh

EH2 4HQ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-14

Last: 2025-08-31