BRIG AND BARREL HOTEL LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
SC744573 · ltd · incorporated 2022-09-15
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
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£-177.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 56290Other food services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
10 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
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 · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £177,929
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£5k
Net Worth
-£178k
Current Assets
£53k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-177.9k | — |
| Current assets | £52.9k | — |
| Cash | £5.2k | — |
| Debtors | £40.1k | — |
| Net assets | £-177.9k | — |
| Average employees | — | 2700 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-12-01➕SUTHERLAND, James Alexander appointeddirector
- 2025-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-04-01➖SUTHERLAND, James resigneddirector
- 2023-03-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-09-15🏢Company incorporatedAs BRIG AND BARREL HOTEL LTD
- 2022-09-15➕SUTHERLAND, Rosslyn Valerie appointedsecretary
- 2022-09-15➕SUTHERLAND, Rosslyn Valerie appointeddirector
- 2022-09-15➕SUTHERLAND, James appointeddirector
- 2022-09-15📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
74/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr James Sutherland Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 15/09/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| HA KEBAB LTD→ SC845550 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| HARBOUR HOSTEL LTD→ SC882432 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HAUGHTON HOLIDAY PARK LIMITED→ SC700039 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| HAYDN'S WOODFIRED PIZZA LTD→ SC767355 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| HE'S GOLDEN HOUSE LIMITED→ SC477811 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| HERALD EVENTS LIMITED→ SC873889 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HIGHLAND RESORTS (LOCH NESS) LIMITED→ SC776296 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-09-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation
Registered office
75 West Church Street
Buckie
AB56 1BQ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-28
Last: 2025-09-14
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
SUTHERLAND, Rosslyn Valerie→
Activesecretary · appointed 2022-09-15
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SUTHERLAND, James Alexander→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2025-12-01
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SUTHERLAND, Rosslyn Valerie→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2022-09-15
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SUTHERLAND, James→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2022-09-15 · resigned 2024-04-01
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Recent filings (10 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-09-15