HEBRIDEAN CAFE LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), 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).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal 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
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Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
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- 2016-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-04📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-03-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-02-11📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2014-03-05📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2011-02-08🏢Company incorporatedAs HEBRIDEAN CAFE LIMITED
- 2011-02-08➕MACKAY, Alasdair appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- 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 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alasdair Mackay Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 30/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 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.
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