KINLOCHLAICH GARDEN SELF-CATERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC517333 · ltd · incorporated 2015-10-06
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£5.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective 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 (78/100)

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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
21 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,512
Net assets shrinking
Down £439 YoY
Cash YoY
+207%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
↑ 207% YoY
Net Worth
£6k
↓ 7.4% YoY
Current Assets
£6k
↑ 103% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£1k£2k£4k£5k£6kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£5.5k£6.0k
Current assets£6.1k£3.0k
Cash£6.1k£2.0k
Debtors—£1.0k
Net assets£5.5k£6.0k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2023-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-23
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-09-13
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  8. 2019-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-05-25
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-07-11
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2015-10-06
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    Company incorporated
    As KINLOCHLAICH GARDEN SELF-CATERING LIMITED
  12. 2015-10-06
    ➕
    COLTHART, Alasdair Robert appointed
    director
  13. 2015-10-06
    ➕
    HUTCHISON, Fiona Mary Morrice appointed
    director
  14. 2015-10-06
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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 58 — 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 58. 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
Alasdair Robert Colthart
Individual · British · DOB 08/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Fiona Mary Morrice Hutchison
Individual · British · DOB 05/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-10-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

Blarchascaig
Appin
Argyll
PA38 4BG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-18
Last: 2025-10-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

COLTHART, Alasdair Robert→
director · ~58y · appointed 2015-10-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUTCHISON, Fiona Mary Morrice→
director · ~53y · appointed 2015-10-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (21 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-04
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2019-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-30