CEILIDH PLACES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC164338 · ltd · incorporated 1996-03-21

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£55.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -69% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 29.6y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 29.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (6 active, 12 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

91 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £55,007

Net assets shrinking

Down £76,076 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 69% YoY

Cash YoY

-69%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£41k

↓ 69% YoY

Net Worth

£55k

↓ 58% YoY

Current Assets

£85k

↓ 52% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£58.1k	£144.3k
Current assets	£84.6k	£177.0k
Cash	£40.9k	£133.9k
Debtors	£698	£3.4k
Net assets	£55.0k	£131.1k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2026-01-30
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accounts · AA
2024-11-25
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officers · AP01
2024-11-25
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-11-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-25
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officers · TM02
2024-11-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-01
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URQUHART, Jonathan appointed
secretary
2024-11-01
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URQUHART, Rebecca Maclennan appointed
director
2024-11-01
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URQUHART MBE, Jean resigned
secretary
2023-11-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-03-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-04
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accounts · AA
2021-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-03-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-03-12
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-11-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-03-27
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-03-21
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URQUHART, Alison Margaret appointed
director
2019-03-21
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URQUHART, Alison Margaret resigned
director
2019-03-21
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URQUHART, Rebecca Maclennan resigned
director
2019-03-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-01-09
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URQUHART, Jonathan appointed
director
2019-01-09
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URQUHART, Rebecca Maclennan appointed
director
2002-06-06
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1996-10-27
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1996-08-02
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MORRIS, Anthony Harry appointed
director
1996-08-02
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URQUHART, Jean appointed
director
1996-08-02
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URQUHART MBE, Jean appointed
secretary
1996-08-02
➖
MUNRO FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
1996-08-02
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URQUHART, Alison Margaret appointed
director
1996-08-02
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MUNRO FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
1996-08-02
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NOBLE FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
1996-03-21
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Company incorporated
As CEILIDH PLACES LIMITED
1996-03-21
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MUNRO FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
1996-03-21
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MUNRO FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
1996-03-21
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NOBLE FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Jean Urquhart Individual · British · DOB 05/1949 · age 77	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	17/04/2016

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

Incorporated1996-03-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

12-14 West Argyle Street

Ullapool

IV26 2TY

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-10

Last: 2026-03-27