ATLANTIC LAND & PROPERTY LTD.
🌳Matureactive
SC039944 · ltd · incorporated 1964-02-20
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 54.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£743.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 93-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 93). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 54.5y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 54.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (6 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
107 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £743,604
Net assets shrinking
Down £32,278 YoY
Cash YoY
+9%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£52k
↑ 8.6% YoY
Net Worth
£744k
↓ 4.2% YoY
Current Assets
£54k
↑ 8.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £902.7k | £935.0k |
| Current assets | £53.9k | £49.6k |
| Cash | £52.2k | £48.1k |
| Debtors | £1.7k | £1.5k |
| Net assets | £743.6k | £775.9k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-05-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-05-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-05-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
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- 2022-05-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-05-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-02📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-04-02🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2021-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-09📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-22📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2017-06-20🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2016-04-05➕CAMERON, John appointeddirector
- 1999-03-12➖CAMERON, Elizabeth Mackintosh resigneddirector
- 1992-08-23➖CAMERON, Thomas Ewan resigneddirector
- 1990-03-14➖CAMERON, David Ewan resigneddirector
- 1990-03-14➖MORRISON, John Murdo resigneddirector
- 1990-02-28➕MORRISON, John Murdo appointedsecretary
- 1990-02-28➖MESSRS MACARTHURS & CO SOLICITORS resignedcorporate-secretary
- 1979-12-31🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1971-10-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Inverness Building Society
- 1964-02-20🏢Company incorporatedAs ATLANTIC LAND & PROPERTY LTD.
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 93 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
75/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 93 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 62 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr David Ewan Cameron Individual · British · DOB 02/1948 · age 78 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
William Donald Cameron Individual · British · DOB 08/1933 · age 93 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1964-02-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation
Registered office
The Harris Hotel
Tarbert
Isle Of Harris
HS3 3DL
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-29
Last: 2025-04-15
Officers (6 active · 5 resigned)
MORRISON, John Murdo→
Activesecretary · appointed 1990-02-28
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Active
CAMERON, John→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2016-04-05
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Active
Active
Active
MESSRS MACARTHURS & CO SOLICITORS→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · resigned 1990-02-28
CAMERON, David Ewan→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · resigned 1990-03-14
CAMERON, Elizabeth Mackintosh→
Resigneddirector · ~121y · resigned 1999-03-12
CAMERON, Thomas Ewan→
Resigneddirector · ~126y · resigned 1992-08-23
MORRISON, John Murdo→
Resigneddirector · ~89y · resigned 1990-03-14
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 31/12/1979 | 02/04/2021 | |
| satisfied | Inverness Building Society | Standard security | 2 properties | 29/10/1971 | 20/06/2017 |
Recent filings (107 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-04