GREENS EVENTS & CATERING LIMITED

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SC317036 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-22
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 7.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-292.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56210Event catering activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 7.0y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £292,764
Cash YoY
+8233%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£500
↑ 8233% YoY
Net Worth
-£293k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£14k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£293k-£231k-£170k-£109k-£47k£14kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-155.1k£-148.5k
Current assets£14.0k£11.8k
Cash£500£6
Debtors£3.5k£1.8k
Net assets£-292.8k£-291.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
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filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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  2. 2024-11-14
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  3. 2023-10-11
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  4. 2023-08-02
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  5. 2023-07-25
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  7. 2023-07-25
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  8. 2023-07-25
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  9. 2023-07-25
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    Charge satisfied #2
  10. 2023-07-25
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    Charge satisfied #1
  11. 2023-07-24
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    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2023-07-21
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Highland Opportunity (Investments) Limited
  13. 2023-07-20
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Highland Opportunity (Investments) Limited
  14. 2023-07-19
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Highland Opportunity (Investments) Limited
  15. 2022-09-02
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  16. 2021-10-19
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  17. 2020-12-01
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  18. 2019-12-18
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  19. 2019-05-08
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  20. 2019-05-08
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    mortgage · MR01
  21. 2019-05-03
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Sandra Skinner
  22. 2019-04-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Sandra Skinner
  23. 2018-12-20
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  24. 2018-03-10
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    DUNDAS, John James appointed
    director
  25. 2014-11-13
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    DURRAND, Lynda appointed
    secretary
  26. 2014-11-13
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    ROSS, Maureen Ross resigned
    secretary
  27. 2007-02-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GREENS EVENTS & CATERING LIMITED
  28. 2007-02-22
    ➕
    DUNDAS, Laura appointed
    director
  29. 2007-02-22
    ➕
    ROSS, Maureen Ross appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

84/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Laura Dundas
Individual · British · DOB 10/1976 · age 50
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-02-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

12b King Street, Hilton
Tain
Ross-Shire
IV20 1UZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-02
Last: 2026-02-16

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

DURRAND, Lynda→
secretary · appointed 2014-11-13
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Active
DUNDAS, John James→
director · ~64y · appointed 2018-03-10
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Active
DUNDAS, Laura→
director · ~50y · appointed 2007-02-22
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Active
ROSS, Maureen Ross→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-22 · resigned 2014-11-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Highland Opportunity (Investments)
Highland Opportunity (Investments) Limited
A registered charge—21/07/2023—
outstanding
Highland Opportunity (Investments)
Highland Opportunity (Investments) Limited
A registered charge1 property20/07/2023—
outstanding
Highland Opportunity (Investments)
Highland Opportunity (Investments) Limited
A registered charge—19/07/2023—
satisfied
Sandra Skinner
A registered charge1 property03/05/201925/07/2023
satisfied
Sandra Skinner
A registered charge—26/04/201925/07/2023
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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
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accounts · AA
2025-12-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-10-11
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-08-02
mortgage-charge-whole-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2023-07-25
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-07-25
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-07-25
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-07-25
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-16