HS OPS 241 LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC800570 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-26
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-68.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £68,881

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£30k
Net Worth
-£69k
Current Assets
£62k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£-68.9k
Current assets£61.9k
Cash£30.2k
Debtors£20.3k
Net assets£-68.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
4
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  2. 2026-04-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-04-09
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  4. 2026-01-30
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2026-01-08
    MURRAY, Scott Alan resigned
    director
  6. 2025-11-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-08-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2024-08-30
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2024-08-30
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC03
  10. 2024-08-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2024-08-01
    MCMASTER, Arran appointed
    director
  12. 2024-02-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As HS OPS 241 LTD
  13. 2024-02-26
    MURRAY, Scott Alan appointed
    director
  14. 2024-02-26
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2024-02-26
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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.

🏛️
Loch Ness Hospitality Ltd.
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
🏛️
Cru Hospitality Consulting Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
HS OPS 241 LTD
This company · SC800570

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

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Loch Ness Hospitality Ltd.
Corporate entity
2550%
25-50% shares24/10/2025
Arran Mcmaster
Individual
2550%
25-50% shares01/08/2024
Cru Hospitality Consulting Ltd
Corporate entity
2550%
25-50% shares01/08/2024
Mr Scott Alan Murray
Individual · British · DOB 06/1982 · age 44
sig. influencesignificant influence26/02/2024

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
Incorporated2024-02-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

8-9 Strothers Lane
Inverness
IV1 1LR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-11
Last: 2026-02-25

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MCMASTER, Arran
director · ~36y · appointed 2024-08-01
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Active
MURRAY, Scott Alan
director · ~44y · appointed 2024-02-26 · resigned 2026-01-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (13 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-04-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-04-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-08-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC03
2024-08-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-30
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-02-26
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-02-26