MACKAY HOTEL COMPANY LTD

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SC308943 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-21

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 13.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

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 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 13.6y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 13.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	141	15200

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

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3 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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2025-03-31
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2024-03-29
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accounts · AA
2023-03-31
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accounts · AA
2022-03-31
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accounts · AA
2021-06-30
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accounts · AA
2020-12-10
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capital · SH06
2020-12-10
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capital · SH03
2020-11-30
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officers · TM01
2020-11-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-11-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-11-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2020-10-29
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PLOWMAN, Gordon Alexander resigned
director
2020-06-29
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accounts · AA
2019-03-29
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accounts · AA
2018-10-01
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address · AD01
2018-04-05
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accounts · AA
2017-11-29
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officers · CH01
2014-11-26
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2012-10-10
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2012-09-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2010-03-30
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PLOWMAN, Gordon Alexander appointed
director
2007-05-23
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HENDERSON, Helen resigned
director
2007-05-23
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PLOWMAN, Gordon Alexander resigned
director
2006-09-21
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Company incorporated
As MACKAY HOTEL COMPANY LTD
2006-09-21
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MACKAY, Andrew Swanson appointed
secretary
2006-09-21
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MACKAY, Alexander William Murray appointed
director
2006-09-21
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MACKAY, Andrew Swanson appointed
director
2006-09-21
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HENDERSON, Helen appointed
director
2006-09-21
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PLOWMAN, Gordon Alexander appointed
director

Owner dependency

99/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MACKAY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Swanson Mackay Individual · British · DOB 01/1970 · age 56	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	29/10/2020
Mr Alexander William Murray Mackay Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	29/10/2020

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

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JOHN O'GROATS LEISURE LTD.→ SC331657 · est 2007	—	—	£1.94M	—	18y	82	74y
QUEEN'S HOTEL (WICK) LTD→ SC269490 · est 2004	—	—	£283.7k	—	21y	82	67y
KRISPY CHICKEN AND FISH BAR LTD→ SC498000 · est 2015 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	11y	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-09-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Scaraben Main Street

Keiss

Wick

KW1 4UY

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-05

Last: 2025-09-21

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MACKAY, Andrew Swanson→

secretary · appointed 2006-09-21

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Active

MACKAY, Alexander William Murray→

director · ~62y · appointed 2006-09-21

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Active

MACKAY, Andrew Swanson→

director · ~56y · appointed 2006-09-21

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Active

HENDERSON, Helen→

director · ~80y · appointed 2006-09-21 · resigned 2007-05-23

Resigned

PLOWMAN, Gordon Alexander→

director · ~61y · appointed 2010-03-30 · resigned 2020-10-29

Resigned

PLOWMAN, Gordon Alexander→

director · ~61y · appointed 2006-09-21 · resigned 2007-05-23

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	26/11/2014	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	10/10/2012	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	Floating charge	1 property	28/09/2012	—

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