DENE GUEST HOUSE LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC504595 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-29
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£20.6k
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
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
24 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £20,617

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£21k
↑ 3.5% YoY
Current Assets
£17k
↓ 70% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£11k£23k£34k£45k£57kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£23.2k£22.4k
Current assets£17.0k£56.8k
Net assets£20.6k£19.9k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-07
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-06-11
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2015-06-11
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    capital · SH08
  15. 2015-04-29
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    Company incorporated
    As DENE GUEST HOUSE LTD.
  16. 2015-04-29
    ➕
    HERNANDEZ-RODICIO ROMERO, Maria Auxiliadora appointed
    director
  17. 2015-04-29
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    MCDOUGALL, Hamish Cumming appointed
    director
  18. 2015-04-29
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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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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
Mr Hamish Cumming Mcdougall
Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2017
Miss Maria Auxiliadora Hernandez-Rodicio
Individual · Spanish · DOB 10/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2017

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
Incorporated2015-04-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Dene Guest House
7 Eyre Place
Edinburgh
EH3 5ES
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-13
Last: 2025-04-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HERNANDEZ-RODICIO ROMERO, Maria Auxiliadora→
director · ~55y · appointed 2015-04-29
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Active
MCDOUGALL, Hamish Cumming→
director · ~60y · appointed 2015-04-29
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Active

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Recent filings (24 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-29