SIGNATURE PUBS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC301836 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-05
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
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 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 5 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees—71700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-30
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  2. 2025-06-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
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  4. 2023-08-01
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  5. 2022-08-01
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  6. 2021-06-21
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  7. 2020-10-22
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  8. 2019-07-31
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-07-25
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-06-27
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2018-06-26
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    WOOD, Garreth Rene Clark resigned
    director
  12. 2018-01-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2017-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-04-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-03-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2017-03-13
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    FORREST, Rory George appointed
    director
  17. 2016-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-04-30
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    MCKENZIE, Lindsay Anne resigned
    secretary
  19. 2013-07-18
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    GOOD, Graham resigned
    secretary
  20. 2013-07-18
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    MCKENZIE, Lindsay Anne appointed
    secretary
  21. 2009-03-11
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    WOOD, Garreth Rene Clark appointed
    director
  22. 2007-05-04
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    MURRAY, Joan Margaret resigned
    secretary
  23. 2007-01-31
    ➖
    WOOD, Ian Clark, Sir resigned
    director
  24. 2007-01-12
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    WOOD, Nicholas John Macrae appointed
    director
  25. 2006-12-22
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    MURRAY, Joan Margaret appointed
    secretary
  26. 2006-05-31
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    GOOD, Graham appointed
    director
  27. 2006-05-31
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    GOOD, Graham appointed
    secretary
  28. 2006-05-31
    ➖
    P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2006-05-31
    ➕
    WOOD, Ian Clark, Sir appointed
    director
  30. 2006-05-31
    ➖
    P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2006-05-05
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    Company incorporated
    As SIGNATURE PUBS LIMITED
  32. 2006-05-05
    ➕
    P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2006-05-05
    ➕
    P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nicholas John Macrae Wood
Individual · British · DOB 12/1973 · age 53
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-05-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Blenheim House
Fountainhall Road
Aberdeen
AB15 4DT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-19
Last: 2026-05-05

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

FORREST, Rory George→
director · ~44y · appointed 2017-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOOD, Graham→
director · ~77y · appointed 2006-05-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOD, Nicholas John Macrae→
director · ~53y · appointed 2007-01-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOOD, Graham→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-31 · resigned 2013-07-18
Resigned
MCKENZIE, Lindsay Anne→
secretary · appointed 2013-07-18 · resigned 2016-04-30
Resigned
MURRAY, Joan Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2006-12-22 · resigned 2007-05-04
Resigned
P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-05-05 · resigned 2006-05-31
Resigned
WOOD, Garreth Rene Clark→
director · ~48y · appointed 2009-03-11 · resigned 2018-06-26
Resigned
WOOD, Ian Clark, Sir→
director · ~84y · appointed 2006-05-31 · resigned 2007-01-31
Resigned
P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-05-05 · resigned 2006-05-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-07-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2020-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2019-07-31