CAIRNGORM TAVERNS LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC382108 · ltd · incorporated 2010-07-19

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 6.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Public houses and bars

Sector: Accommodation & food service

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 6.7y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 6.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (7 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

47 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	6	600

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-03-27
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2025-03-17
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accounts · AA
2024-03-29
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accounts · AA
2023-03-24
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accounts · AA
2022-06-29
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accounts · AA
2021-09-21
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accounts · AA01
2020-12-22
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accounts · AA
2019-08-05
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mortgage · MR01
2019-07-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Highland Council
2019-05-17
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accounts · AA
2019-01-20
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2019-01-20
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officers · CH01
2019-01-20
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officers · AP01
2019-01-09
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FAN, Kai Young appointed
director
2019-01-09
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RILEY LO, Ieng Ang appointed
director
2019-01-06
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officers · AP01
2019-01-03
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FAN, Chew Wah appointed
director
2018-10-22
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officers · AP01
2018-10-15
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FAN, Chor Ho appointed
director
2018-07-10
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WHITTLE, Colin Douglas Richardson resigned
director
2018-07-01
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MCINTOSH, Gemma appointed
secretary
2018-07-01
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R & R URQUHART LLP resigned
corporate-secretary
2010-11-11
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FAIRCLIFF, Samantha Jane appointed
director
2010-11-11
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RILEY, Martin John appointed
director
2010-07-19
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Company incorporated
As CAIRNGORM TAVERNS LTD
2010-07-19
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R & R URQUHART LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2010-07-19
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WHITTLE, Colin Douglas Richardson appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
Mr Martin John Riley Individual · Swiss · DOB 03/1952 · age 74	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2010-07-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

Unit 12 Dalfaber Industrial Estate

Dalfaber Drive

Aviemore

Inverness-Shire

PH22 1ST

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-26

Last: 2025-07-12