COVESEA LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC427884 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2012-07-09

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

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

21 officers (7 active, 21 linked, 21 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

71 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Average employees	0	0

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 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (55 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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accounts · AA
2025-04-22
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officers · TM01
2025-04-21
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GRAHAM, Rhona Margaret Patricia resigned
director
2025-03-10
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THOMPSON, Fiona appointed
director
2025-03-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-27
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MCPHERSON, James appointed
director
2024-05-27
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-28
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HUTTON, Jon Alan appointed
director
2023-04-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-30
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WHITE, Derek resigned
director
2023-02-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-30
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STEWART, David Christie resigned
director
2022-01-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-20
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GRAHAM, Rhona Margaret Patricia appointed
director
2021-08-27
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-08-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-16
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ANNIKIN, Bernard Parry resigned
director
2021-08-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-08-04
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MCPHERSON, John appointed
director
2021-01-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-01-11
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WHITE, Derek appointed
director
2020-11-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-18
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MULHOLLAND, George Michael resigned
director
2019-10-18
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WHITE, Derek resigned
director
2018-04-16
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SMITH, Franziska Katherina resigned
director
2017-10-30
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FORBES, Robert Woodburn resigned
director
2017-07-07
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TUKE, Christopher Paul appointed
director
2017-02-28
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CHRISTIE, David resigned
director
2016-09-15
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WHITE, Derek appointed
director
2016-04-06
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FORBES, Robert Woodburn appointed
director
2016-04-06
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LAING, Derek Rose resigned
director
2015-01-07
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BEDSON, Denise appointed
director
2015-01-07
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KILPATRICK, Graham appointed
director
2015-01-07
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CHRISTIE, David appointed
director
2014-08-26
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LUMLEY, James Aeneas Sebastian resigned
director
2014-04-14
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BAXTER, John resigned
director
2014-02-17
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BAXTER, Ann Margaret resigned
director
2014-01-07
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BAXTER, John appointed
director
2014-01-07
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LUMLEY, James Aeneas Sebastian appointed
director
2012-09-14
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BAXTER, Ann Margaret appointed
director
2012-09-14
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MULHOLLAND, George Michael appointed
director
2012-09-13
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ROOK, Anthony Michael Roy resigned
director
2012-07-09
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Company incorporated
As COVESEA LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY COMPANY LIMITED

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Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2012-07-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC91030 — Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions

Registered office

2 Pinewood Road

Burghead

Elgin

IV30 5XN

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-19

Last: 2026-03-05