STEWARTS RESORTS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC588992 · ltd · incorporated 2018-02-16
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 6.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£5.54M
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 55300
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 6.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.1 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, 1 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
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 £5,544,673
Cash YoY
+23%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6.2m
↑ 23% YoY
Net Worth
£5.5m
↑ 40% YoY
Current Assets
£8.7m
↑ 53% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£1.7m£3.5m£5.2m£7.0m£8.7mSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£5.91M£4.20M
Current assets£8.72M£5.71M
Cash£6.17M£5.00M
Debtors£2.55M£706.4k
Net assets£5.54M£3.97M

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

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2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-03-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-03-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-04-17
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2020-04-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
  13. 2019-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-09-11
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2019-01-22
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2018-07-03
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2018-02-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As STEWARTS RESORTS LIMITED
  18. 2018-02-16
    STEWART, William Mcdonald appointed
    director
  19. 2018-02-16
    STEWART, William appointed
    director
  20. 2018-02-16
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "STEWART" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Mcdonald Stewart
Individual · British · DOB 12/1972 · age 54
sig. influencesignificant influence16/02/2018
Mr William Stewart
Individual · British · DOB 09/1990 · age 36
sig. influencesignificant influence16/02/2018

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
Incorporated2018-02-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55300 — SIC 55300

Registered office

Office 7 Fife Renewables Innovation Centre Ajax Way
Methil
Leven
KY8 3RS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-01
Last: 2026-02-15

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

STEWART, William Mcdonald
director · ~54y · appointed 2018-02-16
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Active
STEWART, William
director · ~36y · appointed 2018-02-16
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge14/04/2020
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Recent filings (24 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-17