DESTINATION EDINBURGH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC357298 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-26
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 8.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£254.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.8 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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £254,536
Cash YoY
+40%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£250k
↑ 40% YoY
Net Worth
£255k
↑ 142% YoY
Current Assets
£355k
↑ 72% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£71k£142k£213k£284k£355kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£254.5k£105.0k
Current assets£354.6k£206.2k
Cash£249.8k£178.7k
Debtors£104.8k£27.3k
Net assets£254.5k£105.0k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-10
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  2. 2024-10-30
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  3. 2023-12-21
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  4. 2022-12-20
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  5. 2022-08-30
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  6. 2021-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-13
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    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2021-05-13
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    Charge satisfied #1
  9. 2021-05-11
    ➖
    DAVIDSON, Barry Linden resigned
    director
  10. 2021-05-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-05-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2020-12-28
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  13. 2019-10-05
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  14. 2018-11-19
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  15. 2017-12-01
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  16. 2017-11-15
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    address · AD01
  17. 2017-08-01
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    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2017-07-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2009-03-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DESTINATION EDINBURGH LIMITED
  20. 2009-03-26
    ➕
    HARDY, David Andrew appointed
    secretary
  21. 2009-03-26
    ➕
    HARDY, David Andrew appointed
    director
  22. 2009-03-26
    ➕
    VALVONA, Ramon Ernest James appointed
    director
  23. 2009-03-26
    ➕
    DAVIDSON, Barry Linden appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

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 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Barry Linden Davidson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares11/05/2021
Mr David Andrew Hardy
Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares26/03/2017
Mr Ramon Ernest James Valvona
Individual · British · DOB 01/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares26/03/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Barry Linden Davidsonceased 11/05/2021· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2009-03-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

18 Queen Street
Edinburgh
EH2 1JX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-10
Last: 2026-03-27

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

HARDY, David Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2009-03-26
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Active
HARDY, David Andrew→
director · ~58y · appointed 2009-03-26
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Active
VALVONA, Ramon Ernest James→
director · ~56y · appointed 2009-03-26
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Active
DAVIDSON, Barry Linden→
director · ~56y · appointed 2009-03-26 · resigned 2021-05-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—27/07/201713/05/2021

Recent filings (45 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-05-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-05-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-05-11