CCL GLENFORSA LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC790794 · ltd · incorporated 2023-11-28
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
£45.9k
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
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 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (70/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.2y

60/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 0.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 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
🔒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
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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
Profitable
Profit before tax £23,314

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-30
Turnover£45.9k
Gross profit£38.8k
Profit before tax£23.3k
Average employees100

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
1
filing
  • • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-18
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2026-03-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Cumberland Building Society
  3. 2025-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-07-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-07-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-06-30
    ➖
    LAURIE, Chermaine Vetch resigned
    director
  8. 2023-11-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CCL GLENFORSA LTD
  9. 2023-11-28
    ➕
    LAURIE, Calum appointed
    director
  10. 2023-11-28
    ➕
    LAURIE, Chermaine Vetch appointed
    director
  11. 2023-11-28
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 Calum Laurie
Individual · British · DOB 08/1989 · age 37
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/11/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Chermaine Vetch Laurieceased 30/06/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2023-11-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

Ash Tree Cottage
Pennyghael
Isle Of Mull
PA70 6HE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

LAURIE, Calum→
director · ~37y · appointed 2023-11-28
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Active
LAURIE, Chermaine Vetch→
director · ~35y · appointed 2023-11-28 · resigned 2024-06-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Cumberland Building Society
A registered charge1 property12/03/2026—
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Recent filings (8 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-01
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-11-28