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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days
No material changes in the last 30 days.
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
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 6.8y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (85/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
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
74 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
3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 43 | 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
9
filings
- • 5 mortgage
- • 2 officers
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 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
- 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.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIVERSDALE MARKETING (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→ SC197233 · est 1999 | £6.31M £5.37M–£7.26M | — | £6.31M | — | 27y | 83 | 61y |
| D.A.KENNEDY (DEVELOPMENTS) LIMITED→ SC132298 · est 1991 | £1.25M £1.07M–£1.44M | — | £1.25M | — | 35y | 82 | 79y |
| DUNKELD MEDICAL SERVICES LIMITED→ SC374226 · est 2010 | £588.3k £500.0k–£676.5k | — | £588.3k | — | 16y | 82 | 62y |
| RS DEVELOPMENTS SCOTLAND LIMITED→ SC267210 · est 2004 | £377.0k £320.4k–£433.5k | — | £377.0k | — | 22y | 82 | 75y |
| PITLOCHRY LIMITED→ SC237019 · est 2002 | £258.4k £219.6k–£297.1k | — | £258.4k | — | 23y | 82 | 74y |
| EVERT PROPERTY LIMITED→ SC187426 · est 1998 | £172.2k £146.4k–£198.1k | — | £172.2k | — | 27y | 82 | 85y |
| A. M. MACDONALD (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS) LIMITED→ SC063317 · est 1977 | £164.5k £139.8k–£189.2k | — | £164.5k | — | 48y | 82 | 84y |
| MCKERCHAR & MACNAUGHTON LIMITED→ SC033621 · est 1959 | £111.7k £95.0k–£128.5k | — | £111.7k | — | 67y | 82 | 92y |
| FEAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT LIMITED→ SC229463 · est 2002 | £86.7k £73.7k–£99.7k | — | £86.7k | — | 24y | 82 | 71y |
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| 5-S CONSTRUCTION LIMITED→ SC312100 · est 2006 | £66.8k £56.8k–£76.9k | — | £66.8k | — | 19y | 83 | 62y |
| GERARD CAMERON PROPERTIES LIMITED→ SC192577 · est 1999 | £57.3k £48.7k–£65.9k | — | £57.3k | — | 27y | 82 | 71y |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
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 (74 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
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