LORNE FREEHOLD LIMITED

📈Growthactive
SC519491 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-04
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 10.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Last 30 days

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Turnover
£41.6k
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 55900Other accommodation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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 (85/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 10.5y

95/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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
Profitable
Profit before tax £40,886
Turnover YoY
+8%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Turnover£41.6k£38.4k
Gross profit£41.6k£38.4k
Profit before tax£40.9k£34.0k
Average employees300300

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
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-22
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    SLOAN, Paul Gerrard resigned
    director
  2. 2026-02-22
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  5. 2025-11-22
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  6. 2025-08-30
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  7. 2024-10-13
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  8. 2023-10-24
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  9. 2023-02-09
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  10. 2023-02-09
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  11. 2022-10-31
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  12. 2021-10-04
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  13. 2021-03-05
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    HEWITT, Derwyn appointed
    director
  14. 2021-03-05
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  15. 2020-05-11
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    CURRAN, Declan James resigned
    director
  16. 2020-05-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2020-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  18. 2019-10-12
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  19. 2018-11-05
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  20. 2016-12-30
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    MACDONALD, Lindsay resigned
    director
  21. 2015-12-17
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Tennent Caledonian Breweries Wholesale Limited
  22. 2015-12-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Tennent Caledonian Breweries Wholesale Limited
  23. 2015-11-04
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    Company incorporated
    As LORNE FREEHOLD LIMITED
  24. 2015-11-04
    ➕
    MACLACHLAINN, Calum Eoghann appointed
    director
  25. 2015-11-04
    ➕
    CURRAN, Declan James appointed
    director
  26. 2015-11-04
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Lindsay appointed
    director
  27. 2015-11-04
    ➕
    SLOAN, Paul Gerrard appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
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 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Calum Eoghann Maclachlainn
Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control25/11/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Paul Gerrard Sloanceased 22/02/2026· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2015-11-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

The Lorne
Stevenson Street
Oban
Argyll
PA34 5NA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-15
Last: 2026-03-01

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HEWITT, Derwyn→
director · ~48y · appointed 2021-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACLACHLAINN, Calum Eoghann→
director · ~63y · appointed 2015-11-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CURRAN, Declan James→
director · ~52y · appointed 2015-11-04 · resigned 2020-05-11
Resigned
MACDONALD, Lindsay→
director · ~44y · appointed 2015-11-04 · resigned 2016-12-30
Resigned
SLOAN, Paul Gerrard→
director · ~59y · appointed 2015-11-04 · resigned 2026-02-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Tennent Caledonian Breweries Wholesale
Tennent Caledonian Breweries Wholesale Limited
A registered charge1 property17/12/2015—
outstanding
Tennent Caledonian Breweries Wholesale
Tennent Caledonian Breweries Wholesale Limited
A registered charge—11/12/2015—
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Recent filings (40 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-12