BLAIRHOLM LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC267676 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-10

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

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£41.3k

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 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £41,322

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£22k

Net Worth

£41k

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£41.3k	—
Cash	£22.3k	—
Net assets	£41.3k	—
Average employees	—	300

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-02-27
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2024-11-19
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2023-11-29
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2022-10-14
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2021-10-28
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2020-12-10
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2020-01-07
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2018-11-21
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2017-10-03
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accounts · AA
2016-09-27
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accounts · AA
2016-05-20
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annual-return · AR01
2015-11-13
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accounts · AA
2015-05-14
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2014-12-04
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2014-05-13
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2013-08-20
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2004-05-10
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Company incorporated
As BLAIRHOLM LTD.
2004-05-10
➕
MASSON, Alastair appointed
secretary
2004-05-10
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MASSON, Aileen Margaret appointed
director
2004-05-10
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MASSON, Kerry Jane appointed
director
2004-05-10
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MASSON, Nicola Ann, Dr appointed
director
2004-05-10
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FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-05-10
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FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-05-10
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-05-10
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Aileen Margaret Masson Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 06/1949 · age 77	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	04/04/2017

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

Incorporated2004-05-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

The Geans

20 Harvest Hill

Westhill

Aberdeenshire

AB32 6PU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-18

Last: 2025-05-04

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

MASSON, Alastair→

secretary · appointed 2004-05-10

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Active

MASSON, Aileen Margaret→

director · ~77y · appointed 2004-05-10

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Active

MASSON, Kerry Jane→

director · ~50y · appointed 2004-05-10

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Active

MASSON, Nicola Ann, Dr→

director · ~47y · appointed 2004-05-10

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Active

FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-05-10 · resigned 2004-05-10

Resigned

FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-05-10 · resigned 2004-05-10

Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-02-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-04