HARBOUR HOUSE LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
SC623742 · ltd · incorporated 2019-03-08
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 6.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 6.2y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
15 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 6 | 600 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-21📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-02-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2019-03-08🏢Company incorporatedAs HARBOUR HOUSE LTD
- 2019-03-08➕MACLAURIN, Alan Michael appointeddirector
- 2019-03-08➕MACLAURIN, Gillian Margaret appointeddirector
- 2019-03-08📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
79/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
46/100
Moderate signalSome 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.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Gillian Margaret Maclaurin Individual · British · DOB 01/1974 · age 52 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 08/03/2019 |
Mr Alan Michael Maclaurin Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 08/03/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-03-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation
Registered office
Harbour House
Garve Road
Ullapool
IV26 2SX
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-21
Last: 2026-03-07
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
MACLAURIN, Alan Michael→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2019-03-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MACLAURIN, Gillian Margaret→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2019-03-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 19/02/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (15 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-16
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-02-21
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2019-03-08