INCHNACARDOCH LODGE LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC590650 · ltd · incorporated 2018-03-07
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£410.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -33% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 7.3y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
36 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £410,115
Cash YoY
-33%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£30k
↓ 33% YoY
Net Worth
£410k
↑ 1.5% YoY
Current Assets
£67k
↓ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£82k£164k£246k£328k£410kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£869.5k£936.3k
Current assets£67.0k£91.7k
Cash£29.9k£44.6k
Debtors£33.1k£42.6k
Net assets£410.1k£404.0k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
  • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  2. 2025-12-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-12-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-03-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-03-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-03-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2025-03-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2024-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-02-06
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2022-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-05-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2021-05-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2021-05-14
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2021-05-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2020-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-02-05
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2019-01-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2018-03-07
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    Company incorporated
    As INCHNACARDOCH LODGE LTD
  22. 2018-03-07
    CLAYTON, Alan John appointed
    director
  23. 2018-03-07
    FREGIL, Malene appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

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

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

Aca Philanthropy And Fundraising Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Aca Philanthropy And Fundraising Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
INCHNACARDOCH LODGE LTD
This company · SC590650

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
Aca Philanthropy And Fundraising Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/11/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Malene Fregilceased 30/11/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Alan Claytonceased 30/11/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-03-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Inchnacardoch Lodge Hotel
Fort Augustus
Inverness-Shire
PH32 4BL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CLAYTON, Alan John
director · ~57y · appointed 2018-03-07
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Active
FREGIL, Malene
director · ~42y · appointed 2018-03-07
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property05/02/2019
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge21/01/2019
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Recent filings (36 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-12-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-02-06