MONUMENT LEISURE PITTODRIE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC368676 · ltd · incorporated 2009-11-17
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 16.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
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

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.2y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 8 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
19 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
57 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-262023-09-26
Average employees42004700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  2. 2025-09-26
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    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  3. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-10-07
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    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  6. 2024-10-07
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    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  7. 2023-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-04-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2023-03-17
    MACDONALD, Ruaridh resigned
    director
  10. 2022-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-09-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2021-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-09-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2019-11-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2019-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-06-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2019-04-23
    MCMILLAN, Kenneth appointed
    director
  19. 2019-03-12
    O'CALLAGHAN, Francis resigned
    director
  20. 2019-03-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2019-03-11
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  22. 2016-01-18
    COOK, Robert Barclay resigned
    director
  23. 2015-03-27
    SMITH, Gerard Henry appointed
    director
  24. 2015-03-27
    COOK, Robert Barclay appointed
    director
  25. 2015-03-27
    MACDONALD, Ruaridh appointed
    director
  26. 2013-08-30
    FRANSSEN, Ivan Mark resigned
    director
  27. 2010-04-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Donald John Macdonald and Another
  28. 2010-01-21
    GILLIES, Iain appointed
    director
  29. 2010-01-21
    FRANSSEN, Ivan Mark appointed
    director
  30. 2010-01-21
    MEIKLEJOHN, Iain Maury Campbell resigned
    director
  31. 2010-01-21
    O'CALLAGHAN, Francis appointed
    director
  32. 2009-11-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MONUMENT LEISURE PITTODRIE LIMITED
  33. 2009-11-17
    MEIKLEJOHN, Iain Maury Campbell appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 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.)

Group structure

Monument Leisure (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Monument Leisure (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
MONUMENT LEISURE PITTODRIE LIMITED
This company · SC368676

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Monument Leisure (Holdings) Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-11-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

The Grange Manor Hotel
Glensburgh Road
Grangemouth
Stirlingshire
FK3 8XJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-26
Last made up to: 2024-09-26
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

GILLIES, Iain
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-01-21
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Active
MCMILLAN, Kenneth
director · ~55y · appointed 2019-04-23
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Active
SMITH, Gerard Henry
director · ~76y · appointed 2015-03-27
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Active
COOK, Robert Barclay
director · ~60y · appointed 2015-03-27 · resigned 2016-01-18
Resigned
FRANSSEN, Ivan Mark
director · ~61y · appointed 2010-01-21 · resigned 2013-08-30
Resigned
MACDONALD, Ruaridh
director · ~51y · appointed 2015-03-27 · resigned 2023-03-17
Resigned
MEIKLEJOHN, Iain Maury Campbell
director · ~72y · appointed 2009-11-17 · resigned 2010-01-21
Resigned
O'CALLAGHAN, Francis
director · ~87y · appointed 2010-01-21 · resigned 2019-03-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Donald John Macdonald and Another
Standard security1 property07/04/2010
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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2025-09-26
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2025-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2024-10-07
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2024-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-06-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-03