THE COURIE INN COMPANY LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC465922 · ltd · incorporated 2013-12-16

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.

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

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£-75.9k

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

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

56101Licenced restaurants
56302Public houses and bars

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -58% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

30 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £75,891

Cash draining

Cash down 58% YoY

Cash YoY

-58%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£8k

↓ 58% YoY

Net Worth

-£76k

↑ 9.2% YoY

Current Assets

£12k

↓ 53% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£-70.6k	£-67.9k
Current assets	£12.2k	£26.0k
Cash	£8.1k	£19.4k
Debtors	£1.2k	£4.7k
Net assets	£-75.9k	£-83.6k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-10-30
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2024-11-25
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2023-10-16
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2022-06-06
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2021-10-29
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2020-12-16
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2020-12-02
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2019-10-31
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2018-10-24
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2017-10-29
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2017-08-11
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officers · TM01
2017-06-17
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MACDONALD, Elaine Mcbeth resigned
director
2017-03-14
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2017-03-13
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2017-02-18
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MACDONALD, Allan Andrew resigned
director
2016-01-08
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2015-09-14
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2013-12-16
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Company incorporated
As THE COURIE INN COMPANY LTD
2013-12-16
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CROW, Lynn appointed
director
2013-12-16
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CROW, Michael Andrew appointed
director
2013-12-16
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MACDONALD, Allan Andrew appointed
director
2013-12-16
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MACDONALD, Elaine Mcbeth appointed
director

Owner dependency

74/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael Andrew Crow Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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DRUMOSSIE HOTEL LIMITED→ SC166906 · est 1996	£1.63M £1.22M–£2.03M	—	—	6400	29y	84	76y
R.A.W.G. KERR LTD.→ SC277405 · est 2004	£313.0k £234.7k–£391.2k	—	—	3	21y	82	65y
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LION & UNICORN HOTEL LIMITED→ SC202210 · est 1999	—	—	—	15	26y	83	64y
LOCHSIDE COTTAGES LIMITED→ SC023268 · est 1945	—	—	£263.0k	—	81y	83	69y
MONUMENT LEISURE PITTODRIE LIMITED→ SC368676 · est 2009	—	—	—	4200	16y	83	76y
BAR ALDO LIMITED→ SC312643 · est 2006	—	—	£20.6k	—	19y	82	62y
BLUENOTE RESTAURANT LTD.→ SC171302 · est 1997	—	—	£100.3k	—	29y	82	64y
CASTLE VIEW RETAIL LIMITED→ SC220895 · est 2001 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	24y	82	65y
ECOSSE LEISURE LIMITED→ SC196518 · est 1999	—	—	—	0	27y	82	73y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2013-12-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

The Courie Inn Company Ltd

Main Street

Killin

Perthshire

FK21 8UW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-30

Last: 2025-12-16

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CROW, Lynn→

director · ~55y · appointed 2013-12-16

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Active

CROW, Michael Andrew→

director · ~62y · appointed 2013-12-16

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Active

MACDONALD, Allan Andrew→

director · ~54y · appointed 2013-12-16 · resigned 2017-02-18

Resigned

MACDONALD, Elaine Mcbeth→

director · ~50y · appointed 2013-12-16 · resigned 2017-06-17

Resigned

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Recent filings (30 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2025-10-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-11-25

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-10-16

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-06-06

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2021-10-29

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-12-16

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2020-12-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2020-12-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-12-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2019-10-31