MAYCROFT RETREAT LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC663885 · ltd · incorporated 2020-06-11
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 5.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£63.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 86900Other human health activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.0y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.0 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, 2 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
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
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
77
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 £63,205

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£63k
↑ 93% YoY
Current Assets
£15k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£13k£25k£38k£51k£63kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£65.7k£45.5k
Current assets£15.1k£17.1k
Net assets£63.2k£32.7k

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
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-17
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2024-09-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-28
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2021-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-29
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  8. 2021-04-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Dsl Business Finance Limited (SC145739)
  9. 2020-06-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MAYCROFT RETREAT LIMITED
  10. 2020-06-11
    MILLAR, Denise May appointed
    director
  11. 2020-06-11
    MILLAR, Grant Donald Smith appointed
    director
  12. 2020-06-11
    📄
    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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 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

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-07-17: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Denise May Millar
Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1972 · age 54
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control11/06/2020
Mr Grant Donald Smith Millar
Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1971 · age 55
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control11/06/2020

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
Incorporated2020-06-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

Mayburn Steading Path Of Condie
Forgandenny
Perth
PH2 9DW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-24
Last: 2025-06-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MILLAR, Denise May
director · ~54y · appointed 2020-06-11
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Active
MILLAR, Grant Donald Smith
director · ~55y · appointed 2020-06-11
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Dsl Business Finance (SC145739)
Dsl Business Finance Limited (SC145739)
A registered charge1 property22/04/2021
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Recent filings (13 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-30
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-11
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-04-29
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-06-11