THE LAURIE ARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC301364 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-26
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 20.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£166.4k
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 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.0y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
75
Lenders & charges
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
55 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £166,415
Net assets shrinking
Down £4,470 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£166k
↓ 2.6% YoY
Current Assets
£17k
↓ 5.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£34k£68k£103k£137k£171kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£166.9k£181.5k
Current assets£17.1k£18.1k
Net assets£166.4k£170.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-11-18
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  3. 2023-10-02
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  4. 2023-01-09
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  5. 2023-01-04
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    mortgage · MR01
  6. 2022-12-23
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Oxbury Bank PLC
  7. 2022-12-23
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Oxbury Bank PLC
  8. 2022-12-22
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    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2022-12-16
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Oxbury Bank PLC
  10. 2022-12-08
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    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2022-12-08
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    Charge satisfied #1
  12. 2022-10-10
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  13. 2021-11-22
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  14. 2021-02-08
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  15. 2019-12-19
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  16. 2018-08-17
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  17. 2017-09-07
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  18. 2016-09-29
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  19. 2016-05-11
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    annual-return · AR01
  20. 2007-05-31
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    YATES, Sandra Anne appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-05-31
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    NEIL, Morag Margaret resigned
    secretary
  22. 2007-05-31
    ➖
    NEIL, James resigned
    director
  23. 2007-05-31
    ➖
    NEIL, Morag Margaret resigned
    director
  24. 2006-09-14
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  25. 2006-05-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 2006-04-26
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    Company incorporated
    As THE LAURIE ARMS LIMITED
  27. 2006-04-26
    ➕
    YATES, David appointed
    director
  28. 2006-04-26
    ➕
    YATES, Sandra Anne appointed
    director
  29. 2006-04-26
    ➕
    NEIL, Morag Margaret appointed
    secretary
  30. 2006-04-26
    ➕
    NEIL, James appointed
    director
  31. 2006-04-26
    ➕
    NEIL, Morag Margaret 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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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 66. 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
David Yates
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Sandra Anne Yates
Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-04-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

The Laurie Arms Hotel
11-13 Main Street
Haugh Of Urr
Castle Douglas
DG7 3YA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-10
Last: 2026-04-26

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

YATES, Sandra Anne→
secretary · appointed 2007-05-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YATES, David→
director · ~65y · appointed 2006-04-26
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Active
YATES, Sandra Anne→
director · ~66y · appointed 2006-04-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NEIL, Morag Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-26 · resigned 2007-05-31
Resigned
NEIL, James→
director · ~67y · appointed 2006-04-26 · resigned 2007-05-31
Resigned
NEIL, Morag Margaret→
director · ~65y · appointed 2006-04-26 · resigned 2007-05-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
4
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Oxbury Bank
Oxbury Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property23/12/2022—
outstanding
Oxbury Bank
Oxbury Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property23/12/2022—
outstanding
Oxbury Bank
Oxbury Bank PLC
A registered charge—16/12/2022—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property14/09/2006—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property19/05/200608/12/2022
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Recent filings (55 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-01-09
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-01-04
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-12-22
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-28