ACCOMMODATION IN STORNOWAY LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC358224 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-16
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£148.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £148,496

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£148k
↑ 5.4% YoY
Current Assets
£66k
↓ 62% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£35k£70k£105k£139k£174kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£148.5k£152.1k
Current assets£66.0k£174.2k
Net assets£148.5k£140.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
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 (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-01-08
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  3. 2024-05-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2023-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-22
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2023-08-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-08-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-01-09
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  9. 2022-02-08
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    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-02-08
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  11. 2022-02-08
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  12. 2021-12-14
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  13. 2021-04-13
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2021-04-01
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    MCLELLAN, Adri appointed
    director
  15. 2021-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  16. 2019-08-28
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  17. 2019-01-03
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  18. 2009-04-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCOMMODATION IN STORNOWAY LTD
  19. 2009-04-16
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    MCLELLAN, Graham Angus appointed
    director
  20. 2009-04-16
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    MCLELLAN, Ruaraidh Angus appointed
    director
  21. 2009-04-16
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    MCLELLAN, Shona Norma appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Graham Angus Mclellan
Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67
75–100%
—75-100% shares17/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-04-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

19b Melbost
Isle Of Lewis
HS2 0BG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-13
Last: 2026-03-30

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

MCLELLAN, Adri→
director · ~54y · appointed 2021-04-01
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MCLELLAN, Graham Angus→
director · ~67y · appointed 2009-04-16
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Active
MCLELLAN, Ruaraidh Angus→
director · ~35y · appointed 2009-04-16
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Active
MCLELLAN, Shona Norma→
director · ~38y · appointed 2009-04-16
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Active

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Recent filings (47 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-08-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-08