LOCHGREEN HOUSE HOTEL LTD
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 20.2y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 20.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
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Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-04📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2019-04-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-14📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-07-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2006-03-20🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
- 2006-03-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
- 2004-01-31➕COSTLEY, Catherine appointedsecretary
- 2004-01-31➖MURDOCH, James Kenneth resignedsecretary
- 2004-01-31➖MURDOCH, James Kenneth resigneddirector
- 2003-03-10🏢Company incorporatedAs LOCHGREEN HOUSE HOTEL LTD
- 2003-03-10➕COSTLEY, William James Mccreadie appointeddirector
- 2003-03-10➕MURDOCH, James Kenneth appointedsecretary
- 2003-03-10➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-03-10➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-03-10➕MURDOCH, James Kenneth appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
cleanGroup structure
Costley & Costley Hoteliers Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Costley & Costley Hoteliers Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 30/09/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
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Filing status
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Standard security | 1 property | 20/03/2006 | — | |
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Floating charge | 1 property | 10/03/2006 | — |