CASTLE HOTEL MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC337730 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-12
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Average employees4400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-15
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2023-11-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-05-03
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2023-05-02
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2022-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-02-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2018-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-02-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2015-02-24
    ➖
    TM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2013-01-01
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    TM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2012-03-02
    ➖
    FINDLAY, Richard Martin resigned
    secretary
  19. 2009-02-05
    ➕
    MURPHY, James Peter appointed
    director
  20. 2009-02-05
    ➕
    FINDLAY, Richard Martin appointed
    secretary
  21. 2009-02-05
    ➖
    TM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2008-02-12
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    Company incorporated
    As CASTLE HOTEL MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  23. 2008-02-12
    ➕
    EMSLIE, Donald Gordon appointed
    director
  24. 2008-02-12
    ➕
    TM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2008-02-12
    ➕
    REYNARD NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2008-02-12
    ➖
    REYNARD NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2008-02-12
    ➕
    TM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2008-02-12
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    TM COMPANY 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 James Peter Murphy
Individual · Irish · DOB 06/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Donald Gordon Emslie
Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-02-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

29 Rutland Square
Edinburgh
EH1 2BW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

EMSLIE, Donald Gordon→
director · ~69y · appointed 2008-02-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MURPHY, James Peter→
director · ~68y · appointed 2009-02-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FINDLAY, Richard Martin→
secretary · appointed 2009-02-05 · resigned 2012-03-02
Resigned
TM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2013-01-01 · resigned 2015-02-24
Resigned
TM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-02-12 · resigned 2009-02-05
Resigned
REYNARD NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2008-02-12 · resigned 2008-02-12
Resigned
TM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2008-02-12 · resigned 2008-02-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-17
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-05-03
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-25