ML SHORT STAYS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC709271 · ltd · incorporated 2021-09-13
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£11.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 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
🔒Estimated company valuation

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

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Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £10,985
Cash YoY
+35%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£31k
↑ 35% YoY
Net Worth
£11k
↑ 919% YoY
Current Assets
£51k
↑ 54% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£10k£20k£31k£41k£51kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£12.5k£1.2k
Current assets£51.0k£33.2k
Cash£30.9k£22.9k
Debtors£20.1k£10.3k
Net assets£11.0k£1.1k

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 (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-05
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-02-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-04
    MCLELLAN, David appointed
    director
  4. 2024-12-04
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-09-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-12
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-11-28
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-11-27
    MCLELLAN, David resigned
    director
  10. 2021-09-20
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2021-09-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ML SHORT STAYS LIMITED
  12. 2021-09-13
    LONERGAN, Charles John appointed
    director
  13. 2021-09-13
    MCLELLAN, David appointed
    director
  14. 2021-09-13
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Mclellan
Individual · British · DOB 03/1997 · age 29
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control13/09/2021
Charles Lonergan
Individual · British · DOB 11/1997 · age 29
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control13/09/2021

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
Incorporated2021-09-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

70 Robb Ferguson Chartered Accountants
West Regent Street
Glasgow
G2 2QZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-26
Last: 2025-09-12

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

LONERGAN, Charles John
director · ~29y · appointed 2021-09-13
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Active
MCLELLAN, David
director · ~29y · appointed 2024-12-04
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Active
MCLELLAN, David
director · ~29y · appointed 2021-09-13 · resigned 2022-11-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (13 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-02-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-09-20
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-09-13