ACC (WATERFRONT) LIMITED

📈Growthactive
SC686217 · ltd · incorporated 2021-01-18
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£118.0k
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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
Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Profitable
Profit before tax £10,309
Strong revenue growth
Turnover up 31% YoY
Turnover YoY
+31%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Turnover£118.0k£90.0k
Gross profit£103.8k£88.9k
Profit before tax£10.3k£10.3k
Average employees300300

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 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-01-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACC (WATERFRONT) LIMITED
  6. 2021-01-18
    LAURIE, Calum appointed
    director
  7. 2021-01-18
    MACLACHLAINN, Calum Eoghann appointed
    director
  8. 2021-01-18
    MACLEAN, Allan appointed
    director
  9. 2021-01-18
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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 Calum Eoghann Maclachlainn
Individual · Scottish · DOB 12/1963 · age 63
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control18/01/2021
Mr Allan Maclean
Individual · British · DOB 05/1953 · age 73
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control18/01/2021

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
Incorporated2021-01-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

Unit 8 Balisclate Estate
Tobermory
Isle Of Mull
PA75 6QA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-24
Last: 2026-01-10

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

LAURIE, Calum
director · ~37y · appointed 2021-01-18
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Active
MACLACHLAINN, Calum Eoghann
director · ~63y · appointed 2021-01-18
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Active
MACLEAN, Allan
director · ~73y · appointed 2021-01-18
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-13
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-01-18