CORRAN ESTATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC488241 · ltd · incorporated 2014-10-06
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 11.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£247.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.1y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
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
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £247,081

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£247k
↑ 1274% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£49k£99k£148k£198k£247kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£636.9k£711.6k
Net assets£247.1k£18.0k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2024-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2023-12-18
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  3. 2022-12-06
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  4. 2021-12-01
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  5. 2020-11-30
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  6. 2019-12-03
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  7. 2018-12-18
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  8. 2018-07-17
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-10-10
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    mortgage · MR04
  10. 2017-10-10
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    Charge satisfied #1
  11. 2017-08-17
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    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2017-08-17
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    mortgage · MR04
  13. 2017-08-17
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    mortgage · MR04
  14. 2017-08-17
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    Charge satisfied #3
  15. 2017-08-17
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    Charge satisfied #2
  16. 2017-08-04
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2017-07-31
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-06-16
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    mortgage · MR01
  19. 2017-06-13
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2016-06-22
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    accounts · AA
  21. 2015-10-20
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    BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2015-05-13
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Cumberland Building Society
  23. 2015-04-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Cumberland Building Society
  24. 2015-03-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Cumberland Building Society
  25. 2014-10-06
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    Company incorporated
    As CORRAN ESTATES LIMITED
  26. 2014-10-06
    ➕
    HOOD, Alan Malcolm appointed
    director
  27. 2014-10-06
    ➕
    HOOD, Halina appointed
    director
  28. 2014-10-06
    ➕
    BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Hood
Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Halina Hood
Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66
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
Incorporated2014-10-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

Corran Bunkhouse
Onich
Fort William
Inverness-Shire
PH33 6SE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-07
Last: 2025-09-23

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HOOD, Alan Malcolm→
director · ~66y · appointed 2014-10-06
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Active
HOOD, Halina→
director · ~66y · appointed 2014-10-06
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Active
BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-10-06 · resigned 2015-10-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property04/08/2017—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—13/06/2017—
satisfied
Cumberland Building Society
A registered charge1 property13/05/201517/08/2017
satisfied
Cumberland Building Society
A registered charge1 property11/04/201517/08/2017
satisfied
Cumberland Building Society
A registered charge—20/03/201510/10/2017
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Recent filings (33 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-10-01