BLAIR CASTLE TRADING LIMITED

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SC296332 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-31
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Event catering activities
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56302Public houses and bars
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 76). Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
12 officers (1 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
77 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees1100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 2 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-02-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-01-28
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    JONES, Keith resigned
    director
  4. 2025-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-08-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-07-24
    ➖
    MENZIES, William resigned
    director
  8. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-09-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-07-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  12. 2022-07-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2022-06-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2022-06-30
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2022-05-06
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    ALLAN, Rosemary resigned
    secretary
  16. 2022-05-06
    ➖
    ALLAN, Rosemary resigned
    director
  17. 2021-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-04-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2021-04-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2021-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2019-11-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2019-11-21
    ➖
    KENNEY, Alan Charles resigned
    director
  23. 2019-10-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  24. 2015-10-05
    ➖
    CRAIGIE, Catherine resigned
    director
  25. 2015-10-05
    ➕
    JONES, Keith appointed
    director
  26. 2010-11-08
    ➖
    ELLIOTT, John Arthur, Dr resigned
    director
  27. 2008-01-01
    ➖
    JONES, Keith resigned
    director
  28. 2007-07-30
    ➕
    CRAIGIE, Catherine appointed
    director
  29. 2007-07-30
    ➕
    ELLIOTT, John Arthur, Dr appointed
    director
  30. 2007-07-30
    ➕
    KENNEY, Alan Charles appointed
    director
  31. 2006-01-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLAIR CASTLE TRADING LIMITED
  32. 2006-01-31
    ➕
    WILSON, Nicolas Garson appointed
    director
  33. 2006-01-31
    ➕
    ALLAN, Rosemary appointed
    secretary
  34. 2006-01-31
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 2006-01-31
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 2006-01-31
    ➕
    ALLAN, Rosemary appointed
    director
  37. 2006-01-31
    ➕
    JONES, Keith appointed
    director
  38. 2006-01-31
    ➕
    MENZIES, William appointed
    director
  39. 2006-01-31
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  40. 2006-01-31
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  41. 2006-01-31
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  42. 2006-01-31
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 76 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-24

Group structure

Scottish Mining Welfare Trust is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Scottish Mining Welfare Trust
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BLAIR CASTLE TRADING LIMITED
This company · SC296332

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Scottish Mining Welfare Trust
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest15/07/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Nicolas Wilsonceased 14/07/2022· significant influence · trust interest

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

9 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.

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-01-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56210 — Event catering activities

Registered office

Blair Castle
Culross
Dunfermline
KY12 8JW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-03-24OVERDUE
Last: 2025-03-10

Officers (1 active · 11 resigned)

WILSON, Nicolas Garson→
director · ~76y · appointed 2006-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLAN, Rosemary→
secretary · appointed 2006-01-31 · resigned 2022-05-06
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-01-31 · resigned 2006-01-31
Resigned
ALLAN, Rosemary→
director · ~72y · appointed 2006-01-31 · resigned 2022-05-06
Resigned
CRAIGIE, Catherine→
director · ~72y · appointed 2007-07-30 · resigned 2015-10-05
Resigned
ELLIOTT, John Arthur, Dr→
director · ~76y · appointed 2007-07-30 · resigned 2010-11-08
Resigned
JONES, Keith→
director · ~71y · appointed 2015-10-05 · resigned 2026-01-28
Resigned
JONES, Keith→
director · ~71y · appointed 2006-01-31 · resigned 2008-01-01
Resigned
KENNEY, Alan Charles→
director · ~75y · appointed 2007-07-30 · resigned 2019-11-21
Resigned
MENZIES, William→
director · ~69y · appointed 2006-01-31 · resigned 2024-07-24
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-01-31 · resigned 2006-01-31
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-01-31 · resigned 2006-01-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-07-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-30
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-06-30