KILLIN HOTEL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC377683 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-28
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 3.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£796.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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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 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.9y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Charge age ~3.9 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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 (2 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
59 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
70
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 £796,621
Net assets shrinking
Down £155,639 YoY
Cash YoY
+94%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£582k
↑ 94% YoY
Net Worth
£797k
↓ 16% YoY
Current Assets
£1.4m
↓ 4.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£291k£581k£872k£1.2m£1.5mJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£885.5k£1.05M
Current assets£1.39M£1.45M
Cash£582.4k£299.7k
Debtors£799.2k£1.14M
Net assets£796.6k£952.3k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
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  2. 2025-03-20
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  3. 2024-02-02
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  4. 2023-11-10
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  5. 2023-02-02
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  6. 2022-06-30
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    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2022-06-10
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  8. 2022-06-10
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  9. 2022-06-10
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  10. 2022-06-10
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  11. 2022-06-10
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  12. 2022-06-10
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  13. 2022-06-10
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  14. 2022-06-10
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  15. 2022-06-10
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  16. 2022-06-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
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  17. 2022-06-09
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    PATEL, Kalpana Narendrakumar appointed
    director
  18. 2022-06-09
    ➕
    PATEL, Narendra appointed
    director
  19. 2022-06-09
    ➖
    HITCHINS, Ian James resigned
    secretary
  20. 2022-06-09
    ➖
    HITCHINS, Ian James resigned
    director
  21. 2022-06-09
    ➖
    HITCHINS, Sian Layinka Claydon resigned
    director
  22. 2022-06-09
    ➖
    HORTON, Stuart Graeme resigned
    director
  23. 2022-06-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 2022-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2021-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  26. 2019-06-01
    ➕
    HORTON, Stuart Graeme appointed
    director
  27. 2010-04-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As KILLIN HOTEL LIMITED
  28. 2010-04-28
    ➕
    HITCHINS, Ian James appointed
    secretary
  29. 2010-04-28
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2010-04-28
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  31. 2010-04-28
    ➕
    HITCHINS, Ian James appointed
    director
  32. 2010-04-28
    ➕
    HITCHINS, Sian Layinka Claydon appointed
    director
  33. 2010-04-28
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  34. 2010-04-28
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

Relinquo Hospitality Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Relinquo Hospitality Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
⬇
KILLIN HOTEL LIMITED
This company · SC377683

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
Relinquo Hospitality Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control09/06/2022
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Ian James Hitchinsceased 09/06/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Sian Layinka Claydon Hitchinsceased 09/06/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2010-04-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

The Moorings Hotel
Banavie
Fort William
PH33 7LY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

PATEL, Kalpana Narendrakumar→
director · ~65y · appointed 2022-06-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PATEL, Narendra→
director · ~68y · appointed 2022-06-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HITCHINS, Ian James→
secretary · appointed 2010-04-28 · resigned 2022-06-09
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-04-28 · resigned 2010-04-28
Resigned
HITCHINS, Ian James→
director · ~57y · appointed 2010-04-28 · resigned 2022-06-09
Resigned
HITCHINS, Sian Layinka Claydon→
director · ~54y · appointed 2010-04-28 · resigned 2022-06-09
Resigned
HORTON, Stuart Graeme→
director · ~54y · appointed 2019-06-01 · resigned 2022-06-09
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-04-28 · resigned 2010-04-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—09/06/2022—
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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-02
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-06-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-06-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-06-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-06-10