COILACRIECH PARK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC099018 · ltd · incorporated 1986-05-13
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2024
Net worth
£2.1k
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
122 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,056

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2k
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-03-31
Total assets£2.1k
Net assets£2.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • • 4 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  2. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-12-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-12-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-12-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-12-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-11-20
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    GARIOCH, Peter John George Alexander resigned
    director
  9. 2024-05-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2024-05-03
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  11. 2024-05-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-09-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-03-08
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  16. 2022-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2022-03-01
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  18. 2021-12-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2021-12-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2021-10-06
    ➖
    FARQUHARSON, Alwyn Arthur Compton resigned
    director
  21. 2021-05-26
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  22. 2021-05-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  23. 2012-10-01
    ➕
    BURNETT & REID LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2012-09-30
    ➖
    BURNETT & REID resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2003-01-01
    ➕
    LEWIS, Elizabeth Zenan appointed
    director
  26. 2003-01-01
    ➖
    LEWIS, Glen Sydney resigned
    director
  27. 1998-07-08
    ➖
    FINDLAY, William resigned
    director
  28. 1986-05-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As COILACRIECH PARK 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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
Mr John Grant Sutherland
Individual · British · DOB 01/1944 · age 82
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Ms Elizabeth Zenan Lewis
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Peter John George Alexander Gariochceased 20/11/2024· significant influence
  • Mr Alwyne Arthus Comptonceased 06/10/2021· significant influence

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
Incorporated1986-05-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

Suite A
1 Albyn Place
Aberdeen
AB10 1BR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-03
Last: 2025-11-19

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

BURNETT & REID LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2012-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEWIS, Elizabeth Zenan→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SUTHERLAND, John Grant→
director · ~82y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURNETT & REID→
corporate-secretary · resigned 2012-09-30
Resigned
FARQUHARSON, Alwyn Arthur Compton→
director · ~107y · resigned 2021-10-06
Resigned
FINDLAY, William→
director · ~89y · resigned 1998-07-08
Resigned
GARIOCH, Peter John George Alexander→
director · ~88y · resigned 2024-11-20
Resigned
LEWIS, Glen Sydney→
director · ~99y · resigned 2003-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (122 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-19
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2025-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-03
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2024-05-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-06