CROFTDOUGLAS VACATION & LEISURE SERVICES LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC683040 · ltd · incorporated 2020-12-07
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.
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
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 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-20
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-11-01
    ➖
    BALLANTINE, Charles Skinner resigned
    director
  5. 2024-09-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-08
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-12-01
    ➕
    BALLANTINE, Charles Skinner appointed
    director
  9. 2022-09-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-12-03
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-11-28
    ➖
    ROBERTSON, John Stuart resigned
    director
  12. 2021-06-29
    ➕
    FALCONER, Shona appointed
    director
  13. 2021-06-29
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, John Stuart appointed
    director
  14. 2021-06-29
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2021-06-29
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2021-06-24
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2020-12-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CROFTDOUGLAS VACATION & LEISURE SERVICES LTD
  18. 2020-12-07
    ➕
    FALCONER, Iain Graham appointed
    director
  19. 2020-12-07
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Iain Graham Falconer
Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control07/12/2020

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
Incorporated2020-12-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

Croft-Douglas
Strathtummel
Pitlochry
Perthshire
PH16 5NS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-20
Last: 2025-12-06

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

FALCONER, Iain Graham→
director · ~70y · appointed 2020-12-07
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Active
FALCONER, Shona→
director · ~70y · appointed 2021-06-29
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Active
BALLANTINE, Charles Skinner→
director · ~67y · appointed 2022-12-01 · resigned 2024-11-01
Resigned
ROBERTSON, John Stuart→
director · ~69y · appointed 2021-06-29 · resigned 2021-11-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (17 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-06-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-06-29