ELIE HARBOUR TRUST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC057287 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1975-03-05

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Operation of sports facilities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (52/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

54 officers (11 active, 54 linked, 44 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

20 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

175 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 9 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (106 events)Click to expand

2026-04-17
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2025-11-04
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DALGLISH, Iain appointed
secretary
2025-11-04
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PRATT, Richard Lionel John appointed
director
2025-11-04
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HEATHERINGTON, Nicola Margaret Ruth resigned
secretary
2025-07-04
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PROVAN, Alan resigned
director
2024-08-19
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2024-08-19
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2024-08-06
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THOMSON, Frazer John George resigned
director
2024-07-30
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2023-09-10
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MEACHER, Graham John resigned
director
2023-08-21
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ABRAM, Henry Charles appointed
director
2023-07-04
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2022-08-31
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2022-08-30
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2022-08-15
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SINCLAIR, Ronald George Hitchman resigned
director
2022-06-13
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HOUSTON, Fiona Anne Bremner appointed
director
2022-03-15
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GRAHAM, Alastair, Mr. resigned
director
2019-11-18
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WHITEHEAD, John Stephen appointed
director
2019-11-18
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HOOPER, Francis Geoffrey resigned
director
2019-09-12
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MEACHER, Graham John appointed
director
2019-09-12
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PATTULLO, David Patrick resigned
director
2019-04-01
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MARSHALL, Kenneth resigned
director
2018-12-01
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HEATHERINGTON, Nicola Margaret Ruth appointed
secretary
2018-11-30
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NAIRN, Tara Caroline resigned
secretary
2017-11-21
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DICKSON, Graeme Ross Campbell appointed
director
2017-07-01
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SPILSBURY, Richard John appointed
director
2017-07-01
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MISKELLY, Janette Isobel resigned
secretary
2017-07-01
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NAIRN, Tara Caroline appointed
secretary
2017-07-01
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MISKELLY, Ian Rodney, Wg Cdr resigned
director
2017-06-07
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MATTHEWS, Blair Maclean appointed
director
2017-03-07
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BIRRELL, Colin Simpson resigned
director
2014-12-09
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BARCLAY, Stewart Thomas appointed
director
2014-12-09
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THOMSON, Frazer John George appointed
director
2014-12-06
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THOMSON, David resigned
director
2014-05-13
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LINTON, James resigned
director
2012-12-11
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RITCHIE, John Caldwell resigned
director

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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

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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DUNDEE GYMNASTICS CLUB 2K→ SC250221 · est 2003 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	22y	83	66y
PROGRESSION SKI AND SNOWBOARD SCHOOL LIMITED→ SC224277 · est 2001	—	—	£26.1k	—	24y	82	58y
RAMSAY WORLD TRAVEL LIMITED→ SC089749 · est 1984	—	—	£11.09M	—	41y	82	70y
750 MOTOR CLUB (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→ SC047170 · est 1970	—	—	£2.6k	—	56y	81	68y
ANGUS RIDING FOR THE DISABLED→ SC289513 · est 2005 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	20y	81	66y
ART ANGEL (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→ SC363616 · est 2009 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	16y	81	79y
ARTS AND COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION→ SC241593 · est 2002	—	—	£180	—	23y	81	72y
AULD KIRK CHARITABLE TRUST→ SC305621 · est 2006 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	19y	81	78y
ROYAL BURGH OF INVERBERVIE COMMUNITY CARAVAN PARK LTD.→ SC285489 · est 2005	—	—	—	200	20y	81	80y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1975-03-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

Thorntons Llp Whitehall House

33 Yeaman Short

Dundee

DD1 4BJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-28

Last: 2026-01-14