WEST SERVICED ACCOMMODATION LIMITED

📈Growthactive
SC781549 · ltd · incorporated 2023-09-05
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
£52.2k
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (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: strategic trade sale (70/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
16 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
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
Profitable
Profit before tax £4,063
Strong revenue growth
Turnover up 41% YoY
Turned profitable
Returned to profit this year
Turnover YoY
+41%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Turnover£52.2k£36.9k
Gross profit£12.7k£-704
Profit before tax£4.1k£-8.6k
Average employees300300

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
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-02-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-11-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2025-11-17
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2025-09-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-09-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2025-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-11-25
    ➖
    HAM, Stephen John resigned
    director
  10. 2024-11-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  11. 2024-11-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2024-11-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2023-10-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2023-10-05
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  15. 2023-09-05
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    Company incorporated
    As WEST SERVICED ACCOMMODATION LIMITED
  16. 2023-09-05
    ➕
    MACKINNON, Gavin Simon appointed
    director
  17. 2023-09-05
    ➕
    SMITH, Alastair James appointed
    director
  18. 2023-09-05
    ➕
    HAM, Stephen John appointed
    director
  19. 2023-09-05
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    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Young company: Only 2.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Canna Capital Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
significant stake
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Tob Property Management & Investments Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
significant stake
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WEST SERVICED ACCOMMODATION LIMITED
This company · SC781549

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Canna Capital Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control17/11/2025
Mr Alastair James Smith
Individual · British · DOB 02/1982 · age 44
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control25/11/2024
Tob Property Management & Investments Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control25/11/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Gavin Simon Mackinnonceased 17/11/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2023-09-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

1 Aldersyde
Taynuilt
PA35 1AG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-17
Last: 2025-09-03

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

MACKINNON, Gavin Simon→
director · ~48y · appointed 2023-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Alastair James→
director · ~44y · appointed 2023-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAM, Stephen John→
director · ~61y · appointed 2023-09-05 · resigned 2024-11-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (16 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-11-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-11-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-05
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-10-05