BADACHRO INN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC302605 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-18
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 19.8y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-07-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2017-07-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2017-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-24
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-06-25
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2006-07-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  18. 2006-06-02
    ➕
    PEARSON, Helen Lesley appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-06-02
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    PEARSON, Helen Lesley appointed
    director
  20. 2006-06-02
    ➕
    PEARSON, Martyn Edmund appointed
    director
  21. 2006-06-02
    ➖
    HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-06-02
    ➖
    HMS DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2006-06-02
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    HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2006-05-18
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    Company incorporated
    As BADACHRO INN LIMITED
  25. 2006-05-18
    ➕
    HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2006-05-18
    ➕
    HMS DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2006-05-18
    ➕
    HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 Martyn Edmund Pearson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Helen Lesley Pearson
Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-05-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Badachro Inn
Badachro
Gairloch
Ross Shire
IV21 2AA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-18
Last: 2025-05-04

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

PEARSON, Helen Lesley→
secretary · appointed 2006-06-02
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Active
PEARSON, Helen Lesley→
director · ~72y · appointed 2006-06-02
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Active
PEARSON, Martyn Edmund→
director · ~69y · appointed 2006-06-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-05-18 · resigned 2006-06-02
Resigned
HMS DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-05-18 · resigned 2006-06-02
Resigned
HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-05-18 · resigned 2006-06-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property14/07/2006—
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Recent filings (60 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-31