URRAS NAN GEARRANNAN

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SC125734 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1990-06-21

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Asset base steady — strong defensive profile, no urgency cue.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£1.37M

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

91030Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -55% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

35 officers (11 active, 35 linked, 30 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

140 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,367,341

Cash draining

Cash down 55% YoY

Cash YoY

-55%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£125k

↓ 55% YoY

Net Worth

£1.4m

↑ 2.0% YoY

Current Assets

£198k

↓ 36% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	—	£1.34M
Current assets	£198.2k	£308.6k
Cash	£124.6k	£274.5k
Debtors	£73.6k	£34.1k
Net assets	£1.37M	£1.34M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (79 events)Click to expand

2025-12-16
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2024-12-19
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2024-01-05
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accounts · AA
2023-01-14
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accounts · AA
2022-12-08
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officers · TM01
2022-12-08
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2022-02-25
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2022-02-25
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2022-02-25
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officers · AP01
2021-12-24
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accounts · AA
2021-12-14
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INGRAM, Neal Andrew appointed
director
2021-12-14
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MACASKILL, Angus appointed
director
2021-12-14
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MACRITCHIE, Kathleen Anne appointed
director
2021-12-14
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MACLEOD, Roderick Murdo resigned
director
2021-12-14
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PATERSON, Kenneth Donald resigned
director
2020-12-23
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accounts · AA
2020-12-10
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officers · AP03
2020-12-10
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officers · TM02
2020-12-08
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MACLEOD, Donald appointed
secretary
2020-12-08
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MACLEOD, Alasdair resigned
secretary
2020-11-30
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officers · TM01
2020-11-30
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2020-11-30
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2019-12-30
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officers · AP01
2019-12-30
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officers · TM01
2019-12-30
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2019-12-10
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MACASKILL, Kathleen appointed
director
2019-12-10
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FRASER, Alasdair Ranald resigned
director
2019-12-10
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MACDONALD, Alexander Allan resigned
director
2019-12-10
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MACDONALD, Norman Alexander resigned
director
2019-12-10
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MACLEOD, Alasdair resigned
director
2018-12-05
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MACDONALD, Archie appointed
director
2018-12-05
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MACLEOD, Donald Neil resigned
director
2018-12-05
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MACLEOD RIVETT, Mary Alexandra, Dr resigned
director
2018-02-27
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MACLEOD, Duncan resigned
director
2017-12-05
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FRASER, Alasdair Ranald appointed
director
2013-12-09
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MACLEOD, Donald appointed
director
2013-12-09
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MACLEOD, Alasdair appointed
secretary
2013-12-09
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MCKIM, Derek Robertson resigned
secretary
2013-12-09
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MACARTHUR, Malcolm John resigned
director
2013-12-09
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MACDONALD, Norman Alexander appointed
director
2013-12-09
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MACLEOD, Alasdair appointed
director
2013-12-09
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MACLEOD, Donald Neil appointed
director
2013-12-09
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MACLEOD RIVETT, Mary Alexandra, Dr appointed
director
2013-12-09
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MCKIM, Derek Robertson resigned
director
2007-11-14
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MACARTHUR, Annella resigned
director
2007-06-21
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CAMPBELL, Angus appointed
director
2007-06-21
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MURRAY, Kenneth Macleod resigned
director
2002-04-10
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MURRAY, Roderick John resigned
director
2000-12-20
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MACDONALD, Archie resigned
director

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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

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 36 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 36 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1990-06-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

24-26 Lewis Street

Stornoway

Isle Of Lewis

HS1 2JF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-05

Last: 2025-06-21