OSSIAN DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
SC319510 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-26
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 93110Operation of sports facilities
Investor take
PursueProperty-backed borrower with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 6.6y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 3 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
73 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 3800 | 3500 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
3
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
8
filings
- • 5 mortgage
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
13
filings
- • 5 mortgage
- • 3 officers
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-02📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2026-02-13📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-02-11🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2026-02-10📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-02-10📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-02-10📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-02-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-02-10🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2026-02-10🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2026-02-10🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2026-02-05🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2025-11-14📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-11-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-11-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-11-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-11-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-11-10➖JOHNSTON, Colin James resigneddirector
- 2025-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-11-08🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Santander UK PLC
- 2023-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-21🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Santander UK PLC
- 2019-09-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Santander UK PLC
- 2009-02-03➕MCPHERSON YOUNG, Laurence Neal appointedsecretary
- 2009-02-03➕MCPHERSON YOUNG, Laurence Neal appointeddirector
- 2009-02-03➖JOHNSTON, Colin James resignedsecretary
- 2009-02-03➖JOHNSTON, Alison Mary Louise resigneddirector
- 2009-02-02➖JOHNSTON, Alison Mary Louise resignedsecretary
- 2009-02-02➕JOHNSTON, Colin James appointedsecretary
- 2007-03-26🏢Company incorporatedAs OSSIAN DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
- 2007-03-26➕JOHNSTON, Alison Mary Louise appointedsecretary
- 2007-03-26➕PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2007-03-26➖PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2007-03-26➕JOHNSTON, Alison Mary Louise appointeddirector
- 2007-03-26➕JOHNSTON, Colin James appointeddirector
- 2007-03-26➕PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2007-03-26➖PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2007-03-26➕PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2007-03-26➖PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
88/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 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
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Lochside Holidays Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Lochside Holidays Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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OSSIAN DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
This company · SC319510
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lochside Holidays Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 10/11/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Laurence Neal Mcpherson Youngceased 10/11/2025· 25-50% shares
- Mr Colin James Johnstonceased 10/11/2025· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-03-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate
Registered office
Roshinish House
Old Ferry Brae
Ballachulish
Argyll
PH49 4JX
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last: 2026-03-26
Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)
MCPHERSON YOUNG, Laurence Neal→
Activesecretary · appointed 2009-02-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCPHERSON YOUNG, Laurence Neal→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2009-02-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JOHNSTON, Alison Mary Louise→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-03-26 · resigned 2009-02-02
JOHNSTON, Colin James→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2009-02-02 · resigned 2009-02-03
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-03-26 · resigned 2007-03-26
JOHNSTON, Alison Mary Louise→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 2007-03-26 · resigned 2009-02-03
JOHNSTON, Colin James→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2007-03-26 · resigned 2025-11-10
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-03-26 · resigned 2007-03-26
PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-03-26 · resigned 2007-03-26
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Mortgages & charges
5
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 3 properties | 11/02/2026 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 05/02/2026 | — | |
| satisfied | Santander Santander UK PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/11/2023 | 10/02/2026 | |
| satisfied | Santander Santander UK PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/10/2019 | 10/02/2026 | |
| satisfied | Santander Santander UK PLC | A registered charge | — | 23/09/2019 | 10/02/2026 |
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Recent filings (73 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-02
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-04-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-02-13
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-02-10
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-02-10
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-02-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-02-10
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-11-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-11-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-27