BLAIRMORE FARM & ESTATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC446147 · ltd · incorporated 2013-03-27
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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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£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 employees600600

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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  2. 2024-12-16
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  3. 2024-02-21
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  4. 2023-06-14
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  5. 2023-06-10
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    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2023-05-30
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    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2022-06-02
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    gazette · DISS40
  8. 2022-05-31
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  9. 2021-11-30
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  10. 2021-03-24
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  11. 2019-12-12
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  12. 2018-09-14
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  13. 2017-12-27
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  14. 2016-12-29
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  15. 2016-03-29
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  16. 2013-03-27
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    Company incorporated
    As BLAIRMORE FARM & ESTATES LIMITED
  17. 2013-03-27
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    CLARK, Ailsa Helen appointed
    director
  18. 2013-03-27
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    CLARK, James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Ailsa Helen Clark
Individual · British · DOB 10/1977 · age 49
75–100%
—75-100% shares27/03/2017

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
Incorporated2013-03-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

Blairmore Farm
Fowlis Wester
Crieff
PH7 3NW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-26
Last: 2026-03-12

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CLARK, Ailsa Helen→
director · ~49y · appointed 2013-03-27
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Active
CLARK, James→
director · ~57y · appointed 2013-03-27
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Active

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Recent filings (33 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-14
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-06-10
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-27
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-24