KARMA SCOTTISH HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC713933 · ltd · incorporated 2021-11-02
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£1.06M
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56101Licenced restaurants
  • 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 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
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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
12 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
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · IFRS
Loss-making
Loss before tax £0

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Turnover£1.06M
Gross profit£808.2k
Operating profit£0
Profit before tax£0
Average employees313000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  2. 2025-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-01-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2021-11-08
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2021-11-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As KARMA SCOTTISH HOLDINGS LIMITED
  9. 2021-11-02
    KNOWLES, Gary Mark appointed
    director
  10. 2021-11-02
    LAYCOCK, Richard Francis appointed
    director
  11. 2021-11-02
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

Karma Assets Holding Pte Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Karma Assets Holding Pte Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
KARMA SCOTTISH HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · SC713933

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Karma Assets Holding Pte Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/12/2025
Mr John Andrew Spence
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
sig. influencesignificant influence02/11/2021

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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8 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
Incorporated2021-11-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Karma Lake Of Menteith
Port Of Menteith
Stirling
FK8 3RA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KNOWLES, Gary Mark
director · ~61y · appointed 2021-11-02
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Active
LAYCOCK, Richard Francis
director · ~63y · appointed 2021-11-02
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Active

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Recent filings (12 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-24
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-11-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-11-02