LOCH TORRIDON HOTEL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC192961 · ltd · incorporated 1999-01-29
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£959.8k
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 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 27.1y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £959,802
Cash YoY
-16%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.1m
↓ 16% YoY
Net Worth
£960k
↑ 45% YoY
Current Assets
£1.3m
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£291k£582k£873k£1.2m£1.5mJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£1.30M£900.4k
Current assets£1.26M£1.46M
Cash£1.10M£1.32M
Debtors£64.6k£44.3k
Net assets£959.8k£661.6k

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
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-08-19
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  3. 2023-09-21
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  4. 2023-06-12
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  5. 2022-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2021-06-25
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  7. 2020-10-02
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  8. 2019-09-27
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  9. 2019-06-11
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  10. 2018-07-16
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  11. 2018-02-01
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    AITCHISON, Ross appointed
    director
  12. 2018-02-01
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2018-01-29
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    accounts · AA01
  14. 2017-08-22
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  15. 2017-05-26
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    accounts · AA01
  16. 2001-03-01
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    ROSE-BRISTOW, Rohaise appointed
    director
  17. 1999-04-06
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    ROSE-BRISTOW, Rohaise appointed
    secretary
  18. 1999-04-06
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    ROSE-BRISTOW, Daniel appointed
    director
  19. 1999-04-06
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    GREGORY, Geraldine Margaret resigned
    secretary
  20. 1999-03-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  21. 1999-01-29
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    Company incorporated
    As LOCH TORRIDON HOTEL LIMITED
  22. 1999-01-29
    ➕
    GREGORY, David Malcolm appointed
    director
  23. 1999-01-29
    ➕
    GREGORY, Geraldine Margaret appointed
    director
  24. 1999-01-29
    ➕
    GREGORY, Geraldine Margaret appointed
    secretary
  25. 1999-01-29
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  26. 1999-01-29
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  27. 1999-01-29
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  28. 1999-01-29
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — 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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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 Daniel Rose-Bristow
Individual · British · DOB 06/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Rohaise Rose-Bristow
Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-01-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Loch Torridon Hotel
Torridon
Achnasheen
Ross Shire
IV22 2EY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-17
Last: 2025-06-03

Officers (6 active · 3 resigned)

ROSE-BRISTOW, Rohaise→
secretary · appointed 1999-04-06
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Active
AITCHISON, Ross→
director · ~45y · appointed 2018-02-01
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Active
GREGORY, David Malcolm→
director · ~85y · appointed 1999-01-29
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Active
GREGORY, Geraldine Margaret→
director · ~80y · appointed 1999-01-29
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Active
ROSE-BRISTOW, Daniel→
director · ~54y · appointed 1999-04-06
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Active
ROSE-BRISTOW, Rohaise→
director · ~54y · appointed 2001-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREGORY, Geraldine Margaret→
secretary · appointed 1999-01-29 · resigned 1999-04-06
Resigned
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-01-29 · resigned 1999-01-29
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1999-01-29 · resigned 1999-01-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property21/03/1999—
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Recent filings (78 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-27