CASTLE SWEEN BAY HOLIDAYS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC090697 · ltd · incorporated 1984-11-23
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
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
109 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees15001500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2025-07-14
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2025-07-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-07-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-07-14
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2025-07-14
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2025-05-22
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-10-30
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2024-10-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2024-10-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2024-10-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2024-10-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2024-10-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2024-10-29
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    capital · SH01
  15. 2024-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2023-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2022-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2000-02-17
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    GEORGE, Stephanie Dorothee appointed
    director
  21. 1996-04-10
    ➕
    ROGERS, Dorothee appointed
    secretary
  22. 1996-04-10
    ➖
    FRASER, Iain Gordon resigned
    secretary
  23. 1993-02-24
    ➖
    HEIMBACH, Rolf resigned
    director
  24. 1984-11-23
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    Company incorporated
    As CASTLE SWEEN BAY HOLIDAYS LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Dorothee Rogers
Individual · German · DOB 06/1943 · age 83
—25–50%25-50% voting28/10/2024
Mr Duncan Henry Rogers
Individual · British · DOB 06/1937 · age 89
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Phoebe Jennifer Rogersceased 11/03/2026· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Andrew Richard Rogersceased 07/07/2025· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Stephanie Dorothee Georgeceased 07/07/2025· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Duncan Norman Rogersceased 07/07/2025· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1984-11-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

Ellary
Achahoish
Lochgilphead
Argyll
PA31 8PA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

ROGERS, Dorothee→
secretary · appointed 1996-04-10
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Active
GEORGE, Stephanie Dorothee→
director · ~61y · appointed 2000-02-17
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Active
ROGERS, Dorothee→
director · ~83y
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Active
ROGERS, Duncan Henry→
director · ~89y
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Active
FRASER, Iain Gordon→
secretary · resigned 1996-04-10
Resigned
HEIMBACH, Rolf→
director · ~113y · resigned 1993-02-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (109 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-11
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-07-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-10-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-29