SIENA DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC289950 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-06
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£10.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
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 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.0y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £10,695
Net assets shrinking
Down £153 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£11k
↓ 1.4% YoY
Current Assets
£259
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£4k£7k£9k£11kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£129.1k£114.5k
Current assets£259—
Net assets£10.7k£10.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-06-02
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  3. 2024-08-22
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    LOCHHEAD, Fiona resigned
    secretary
  4. 2024-08-22
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    LOCHHEAD, Fiona resigned
    director
  5. 2024-08-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
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  6. 2024-08-22
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  7. 2024-06-28
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  8. 2023-06-27
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  9. 2022-06-24
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  10. 2021-06-25
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  11. 2020-12-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  12. 2020-12-16
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  13. 2020-11-26
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  14. 2020-06-30
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  15. 2019-06-27
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  16. 2018-06-29
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  17. 2006-05-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Paragon Mortgages Limited
  18. 2005-09-06
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    Company incorporated
    As SIENA DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
  19. 2005-09-06
    ➕
    LOCHHEAD, Kenneth Mcpherson appointed
    director
  20. 2005-09-06
    ➕
    LOCHHEAD, Fiona appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-09-06
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-09-06
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-09-06
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    LOCHHEAD, Fiona appointed
    director
  24. 2005-09-06
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2005-09-06
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kenneth Mcpherson Lochhead
Individual · British · DOB 01/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/01/2020
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Fiona Lochheadceased 01/01/2025· 25-50% shares
  • Siena Developments Ltdceased 01/11/2020· 75-100% 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
Incorporated2005-09-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

6 Waterside Street
Largs
Ayrshire
KA30 9LN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-20
Last: 2025-06-06

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

LOCHHEAD, Kenneth Mcpherson→
director · ~67y · appointed 2005-09-06
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Active
LOCHHEAD, Fiona→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-06 · resigned 2024-08-22
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-09-06 · resigned 2005-09-06
Resigned
LOCHHEAD, Fiona→
director · ~62y · appointed 2005-09-06 · resigned 2024-08-22
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-09-06 · resigned 2005-09-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Paragon
Paragon Mortgages Limited
Standard security1 property01/05/2006—
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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-22
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-12-16