ALTAVONA HOUSE LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
SC852685 · ltd · incorporated 2025-06-18
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
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
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. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 0.5y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 0.5 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 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
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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 2 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-05
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2025-11-05
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-11-03
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Cumberland Building Society
  4. 2025-10-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Cumberland Building Society
  5. 2025-06-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ALTAVONA HOUSE LIMITED
  6. 2025-06-18
    SLOAN, Paul Gerrard appointed
    director
  7. 2025-06-18
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Young company: Only 0.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • 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

Sloan Wells Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Sloan Wells Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ALTAVONA HOUSE LIMITED
This company · SC852685

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
Sloan Wells Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control18/06/2025

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
Incorporated2025-06-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

60 George Street
Oban
Argyll
PA34 5SD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-18
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-01
Last:

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SLOAN, Paul Gerrard
director · ~59y · appointed 2025-06-18
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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Cumberland Building Society
A registered charge2 properties03/11/2025
outstanding
Cumberland Building Society
A registered charge27/10/2025
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Recent filings (3 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-11-05
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-11-05
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-06-18