THISTLE SHORT STAYS LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC703035 · ltd · incorporated 2021-06-30

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

10 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand

2026-03-25
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accounts · AA
2025-04-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-14
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address · AD01
2023-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
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Company incorporated
As THISTLE SHORT STAYS LTD
2021-06-30
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DUNN, Jack Mitchell appointed
director
2021-06-30
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

90/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Jack Mitchell Dunn Individual · Scottish · DOB 05/1958 · age 68	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	30/06/2021

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

Incorporated2021-06-30

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

20 Kenmuir Street

Camelon

Falkirk

FK1 4LX

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-13

Last: 2025-06-29

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

DUNN, Jack Mitchell→

director · ~68y · appointed 2021-06-30

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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-03-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-04-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-03-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-14

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-07-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-03-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-07-13

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2021-06-30