CARRIGANS (HAMILTON) LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC472220 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-11
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2024
Net worth
£1.88M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.6y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
35 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,884,851

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£76k
Net Worth
£1.9m
Current Assets
£208k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£377k£754k£1.1m£1.5m£1.9mMay 2023May 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-05-312023-05-31
Total assets£1.90M—
Current assets£207.9k—
Cash£75.8k—
Debtors£99.9k—
Net assets£1.88M—

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-26
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2022-05-26
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    Charge satisfied #1
  7. 2022-05-04
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  8. 2022-05-02
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  9. 2022-02-14
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2022-02-10
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  11. 2021-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-05-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2019-05-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2019-05-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-05-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2018-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2014-10-29
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
  20. 2014-09-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
  21. 2014-03-11
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    Company incorporated
    As CARRIGANS (HAMILTON) LTD
  22. 2014-03-11
    ➕
    CARRIGAN, Barry appointed
    director
  23. 2014-03-11
    ➕
    CARRIGAN, John appointed
    director
  24. 2014-03-11
    ➕
    CARRIGAN, Philomena appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CARRIGAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Eating House (Scotland) Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Eating House (Scotland) Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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CARRIGANS (HAMILTON) LTD
This company · SC472220

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
Eating House (Scotland) Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares11/03/2017

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
Incorporated2014-03-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

Radleigh House
1 Golf Road
Glasgow
G76 7HU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-04
Last: 2026-02-18

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CARRIGAN, Barry→
director · ~56y · appointed 2014-03-11
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Active
CARRIGAN, John→
director · ~80y · appointed 2014-03-11
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Active
CARRIGAN, Philomena→
director · ~78y · appointed 2014-03-11
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property02/05/2022—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—10/02/2022—
outstanding
Aib Group (UK)
Aib Group (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property29/10/2014—
satisfied
Aib Group (UK)
Aib Group (UK) PLC
A registered charge—12/09/201426/05/2022
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Recent filings (35 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-20
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-05-26
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-23