NORTH COAST ESCAPES LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC709685 · ltd · incorporated 2021-09-16
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£-4.9k
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
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
8 filings
60
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
60
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £4,862
Cash YoY
-15%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£15k
↓ 15% YoY
Net Worth
-£5k
↓ 132% YoY
Current Assets
£23k
↓ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£5k£1k£7k£14k£20k£26kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£-4.9k£-2.1k
Current assets£23.2k£25.8k
Cash£14.9k£17.6k
Debtors£8.3k£8.3k
Net assets£-4.9k£-2.1k

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

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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
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2021-09-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As NORTH COAST ESCAPES LTD
  5. 2021-09-16
    JONES, Caroline Emily Sarah appointed
    director
  6. 2021-09-16
    THOMPSON, Clanmorris Peter appointed
    director
  7. 2021-09-16
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
Ms Caroline Emily Sarah Jones
Individual · British · DOB 08/1975 · age 51
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/09/2021
Mr Clanmorris Peter Thompson
Individual · English · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/09/2021

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
Incorporated2021-09-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

177 Armadale
Thurso
Caithness
KW14 7SA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last: 2025-09-15

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

JONES, Caroline Emily Sarah
director · ~51y · appointed 2021-09-16
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Active
THOMPSON, Clanmorris Peter
director · ~65y · appointed 2021-09-16
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Active

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Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-09-16