GREAT NORTH COTTAGES LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC483667 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-05
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£-3
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £3

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£3
↑ 100% YoY
Current Assets
£40k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£2k£8k£17k£26k£35k£45kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Total assets£1.0k£-671
Current assets£39.9k£44.6k
Net assets£-3£-1.7k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-10-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2018-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2017-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-08-12
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2014-08-05
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    Company incorporated
    As GREAT NORTH COTTAGES LTD
  15. 2014-08-05
    ➕
    MASTERSON, Alison Judith appointed
    director
  16. 2014-08-05
    ➕
    MASTERSON, Matthew Allan appointed
    director
  17. 2014-08-05
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Alison Judith Masterson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1976 · age 50
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Matthew Allan Masterson
Individual · Scottish · DOB 11/1983 · age 43
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-08-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

Alexa Business Park
Main Street
Fallin
Stirling
FK7 7HT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-19
Last: 2025-08-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MASTERSON, Alison Judith→
director · ~50y · appointed 2014-08-05
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Active
MASTERSON, Matthew Allan→
director · ~43y · appointed 2014-08-05
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Active

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Recent filings (24 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-19