CATALINA APARTMENTS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive

SC799949 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-21

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

71/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company 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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

4 filings

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

71/100Strong

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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

Metric	2025-02-28
Average employees	0

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

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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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand

2025-11-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
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Company incorporated
As CATALINA APARTMENTS LIMITED
2024-02-21
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FERGUSON, Barry appointed
director
2024-02-21
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KENNEDY, Mairi Elizabeth appointed
director
2024-02-21
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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 2.4 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

Energy Cat Holdings Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Energy Cat Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control

majority

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CATALINA APARTMENTS LIMITED

This company · SC799949

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Energy Cat Holdings Limited Corporate entity	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	21/02/2024

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

Incorporated2024-02-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

Croft 15 Kilvaree

Connel

Oban

PA37 1RN

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-03

Last: 2026-01-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FERGUSON, Barry→

director · ~39y · appointed 2024-02-21

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Active

KENNEDY, Mairi Elizabeth→

director · ~37y · appointed 2024-02-21

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Active

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Recent filings (4 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-11-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-20

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2024-02-21