LOCH LOMOND TRAVEL LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC779291 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-16
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
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49319
Sector: Transportation & storage
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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-29
Average employees300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 2 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 2 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 2 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-03-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-03-23
    WILLIAMSON, James Anthony resigned
    director
  4. 2025-09-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-09-01
    DRUMMOND, Robert Lindsay appointed
    director
  6. 2025-09-01
    WILLIAMSON, James Anthony appointed
    director
  7. 2025-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-10-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2024-07-25
    HORNBY, Alex Lloyd resigned
    director
  10. 2024-04-11
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2023-12-19
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  12. 2023-12-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2023-12-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2023-12-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2023-12-18
    BALLANTYNE, Grant Norman appointed
    director
  16. 2023-12-18
    BOND, Christopher Leslie appointed
    director
  17. 2023-12-18
    ROBERTS, Ralph resigned
    director
  18. 2023-08-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LOCH LOMOND TRAVEL LIMITED
  19. 2023-08-16
    HORNBY, Alex Lloyd appointed
    director
  20. 2023-08-16
    ROBERTS, Ralph appointed
    director
  21. 2023-08-16
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Young company: Only 2.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.

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

Mcgill's Bus Service Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Mcgill's Bus Service Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
LOCH LOMOND TRAVEL LIMITED
This company · SC779291

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mcgill's Bus Service Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control16/08/2023

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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
Incorporated2023-08-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49319 — SIC 49319

Registered office

99 Earnhill Road
Larkfield Industrial Estate
Greenock
PA16 0EQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last: 2025-08-15

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BALLANTYNE, Grant Norman
director · ~61y · appointed 2023-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOND, Christopher Leslie
director · ~55y · appointed 2023-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DRUMMOND, Robert Lindsay
director · ~57y · appointed 2025-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HORNBY, Alex Lloyd
director · ~45y · appointed 2023-08-16 · resigned 2024-07-25
Resigned
ROBERTS, Ralph
director · ~63y · appointed 2023-08-16 · resigned 2023-12-18
Resigned
WILLIAMSON, James Anthony
director · ~63y · appointed 2025-09-01 · resigned 2026-03-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (13 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-09
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-04-11
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-12-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-16