OBAN & LORN COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC139465 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1992-07-27

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 27.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Operation of sports facilities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

93290Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
96090Other service activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 27.7y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 27.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: low (50/100)

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

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

39 officers (9 active, 39 linked, 35 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

144 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (90 events)Click to expand

2026-06-20
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accounts · AA
2026-05-26
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officers · AP01
2026-05-25
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MCCULLOCH, Marny Johan appointed
director
2026-04-28
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officers · TM01
2025-12-01
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WESLEY, Nicholas resigned
director
2025-09-01
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WESLEY, Nicholas appointed
director
2025-09-01
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officers · AP01
2025-06-13
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accounts · AA
2024-10-03
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officers · TM01
2024-07-08
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accounts · AA
2024-06-03
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EVANS, Carol Ann resigned
director
2023-10-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-14
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officers · TM01
2023-08-14
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officers · AP01
2023-06-26
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LOWE, Sheila Nicol Lindsay appointed
director
2023-01-06
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accounts · AA
2022-09-30
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LANE, David George resigned
director
2021-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
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officers · TM01
2020-11-30
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FAULKNER, Michael Anthony resigned
director
2019-03-29
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address · AD01
2019-03-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-03-29
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-03-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-03-18
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MACLEOD, Lorna Campbell appointed
director
2019-03-18
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BLEAZARD, David resigned
director
2019-03-18
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LANE, David George appointed
director
2019-03-18
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MACALLISTER, Karen Louise resigned
director
2017-08-28
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FAULKNER, Michael Anthony appointed
director
2017-05-04
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MACLEAN, Iain Stewart resigned
director
2017-03-13
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MEAD, Andrew Ian appointed
secretary
2017-03-13
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NEWISS, Andrew Gordon resigned
secretary
2017-03-13
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NEWISS, Andrew Gordon resigned
director
2016-05-23
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EVANS, Carol Ann appointed
director
2015-05-25
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MEAD, Andrew Ian appointed
director
2015-04-20
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JESPERSEN, Pauline resigned
director
2015-03-20
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MACLEAN, Iain Stewart appointed
director
2013-02-08
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FRASER, Louise Anne appointed
director
2012-12-07
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FORTEITH, John Archibald resigned
director
2011-11-18
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MCINTOSH, Donald, Cllr resigned
director
2011-05-10
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CLUNIE, Roy Miller resigned
director
2011-03-01
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MCINTOSH, Donald, Cllr appointed
director
2011-02-21
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MCCUISH, Roderick William resigned
director
2011-01-17
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ELLIOT, Roger Innes appointed
director
2010-08-27
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MITCHELL, David Cameron resigned
director
2009-04-21
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YOUNG, Rosemary Lindsay resigned
director
2008-05-17
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MACALLISTER, Karen Louise appointed
director
2008-04-11
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Charge satisfied #1
2007-08-20
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FORTEITH, John Archibald appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 90 events

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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1992-07-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

Atlantis Leisure

Dalriach Road

Oban

Argyll

PA34 5JE

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-10

Last: 2025-07-27