MURDOCH,S BAR AND RESTAURANT LTD

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SC844388 · ltd · incorporated 2025-04-08
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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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 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (53/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-14
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-05-26
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-05-02
    JOSEPH TOWARD, Rob resigned
    director
  4. 2025-04-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MURDOCH,S BAR AND RESTAURANT LTD
  5. 2025-04-08
    KEITH, Wendy appointed
    secretary
  6. 2025-04-08
    KEITH, Wendy appointed
    director
  7. 2025-04-08
    JOSEPH TOWARD, Rob appointed
    director
  8. 2025-04-08
    📄
    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 1.1 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

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-21

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Wendy Keith
Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1981 · age 45
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest08/04/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Rob Joseph Towardceased 23/05/2025· 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
Incorporated2025-04-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

Lochanhully Resort Carrbridge
Lochanhully
Carrbridge
PH23 3NA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-08
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-21OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

KEITH, Wendy
secretary · appointed 2025-04-08
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Active
KEITH, Wendy
director · ~45y · appointed 2025-04-08
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Active
JOSEPH TOWARD, Rob
director · ~57y · appointed 2025-04-08 · resigned 2025-05-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (3 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-26
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-04-08