BAIRNSCROFT LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC601713 · ltd · incorporated 2018-07-04
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 7.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£663.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56101Licenced restaurants
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 7.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
18 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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £663,793
Cash YoY
+57%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£378k
↑ 57% YoY
Net Worth
£664k
↑ 33% YoY
Current Assets
£474k
↑ 46% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£133k£266k£398k£531k£664kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£682.2k£587.5k
Current assets£474.0k£325.6k
Cash£378.5k£241.7k
Debtors£53.0k£47.3k
Net assets£663.8k£500.6k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-12
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2019-04-15
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2019-04-12
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    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2019-04-12
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
  12. 2019-03-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
  13. 2018-07-04
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    Company incorporated
    As BAIRNSCROFT LIMITED
  14. 2018-07-04
    ➕
    WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  15. 2018-07-04
    ➕
    MACPHERSON, Stuart Alexander William appointed
    director
  16. 2018-07-04
    ➕
    MACPHERSON, Susannah Kate appointed
    director
  17. 2018-07-04
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

74/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • 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
Stuart Alexander William Macpherson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting04/07/2018
Susannah Kate Macpherson
Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting04/07/2018

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
Incorporated2018-07-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Coul House Hotel
Contin
Strathpeffer
IV14 9ES
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-17
Last: 2025-07-03

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2018-07-04
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Active
MACPHERSON, Stuart Alexander William→
director · ~59y · appointed 2018-07-04
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Active
MACPHERSON, Susannah Kate→
director · ~61y · appointed 2018-07-04
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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Handelsbanken
Handelsbanken PLC
A registered charge4 properties12/04/2019—
outstanding
Handelsbanken
Handelsbanken PLC
A registered charge—27/03/2019—
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Recent filings (18 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-11-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2019-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-18