PRIORTEA LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC554783 · ltd · incorporated 2017-01-17
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 8.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£-158.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 56102Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. 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 (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 8.1y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £158,282
Cash YoY
+76%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£760
↑ 76% YoY
Net Worth
-£158k
↑ 8.0% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 84% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-150.4k | £-156.5k |
| Current assets | £1.0k | £6.3k |
| Cash | £760 | £431 |
| Debtors | £259 | £5.5k |
| Net assets | £-158.3k | £-172.1k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 miscellaneous
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 1 miscellaneous
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-10📄legacymiscellaneous · RP01PSC01
- 2026-02-10📄replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-nameofficers · RP01AP01
- 2025-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-31📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-10-31🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2021-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-21📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2021-05-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-05-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-05-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-05-04📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-04-20➕MCCALLUM, James Gibson appointeddirector
- 2021-04-20➖MCCAIG, Ewen John resigneddirector
- 2021-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2020-02-21📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2020-02-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-11-16➖SCOTT, Michelle resigneddirector
- 2018-06-21➕MCCAIG, Ewen John appointeddirector
- 2018-06-21➕SCOTT, Michelle appointeddirector
- 2018-03-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
- 2017-01-17🏢Company incorporatedAs PRIORTEA LIMITED
- 2017-01-17➕FEARN, Daniel Oliver appointedsecretary
- 2017-01-17➕FEARN, Daniel Oliver appointeddirector
- 2017-01-17➕RAE, Vixy appointeddirector
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
50/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Professor James Mccallum Individual · British · DOB 01/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 20/04/2021 |
Ms Vixy Rae Individual · British · DOB 11/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 17/01/2017 |
Mr Daniel Oliver Fearn Individual · British · DOB 06/1974 · age 52 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 17/01/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mccaig Services Limitedceased 20/04/2021· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-01-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation
Registered office
61 Queen Street
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH2 4NA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-30
Last: 2026-01-16
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
FEARN, Daniel Oliver→
Activesecretary · appointed 2017-01-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FEARN, Daniel Oliver→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2017-01-17
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MCCALLUM, James Gibson→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2021-04-20
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Active
MCCAIG, Ewen John→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · appointed 2018-06-21 · resigned 2021-04-20
SCOTT, Michelle→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2018-06-21 · resigned 2019-11-16
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111) | A registered charge | — | 20/03/2018 | 31/10/2022 |
Recent filings (38 total)
legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-10
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-05-21