COLONSAY AND ORONSAY HERITAGE TRUST

🌳Matureactive

SC144749 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1993-06-04

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒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: Library activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

91012Archives activities
91020Museum activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

26 officers (9 active, 26 linked, 24 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

127 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (62 events)Click to expand

2025-12-12
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2025-06-06
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2025-02-20
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NISBET, Sheena Frances Mary resigned
director
2024-12-09
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accounts · AA
2024-06-12
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officers · TM01
2024-01-11
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KEENAGHAN, Elizabeth resigned
director
2023-11-28
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accounts · AA
2023-11-07
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officers · AP01
2023-11-07
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2023-11-07
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officers · AP01
2023-02-15
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incorporation · MA
2023-02-14
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incorporation · MA
2023-02-14
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-12-13
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accounts · AA
2022-11-19
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BENTLEY, Richard appointed
director
2022-11-19
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KEENAGHAN, Elizabeth appointed
director
2022-11-19
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NISBET, Sheena Frances Mary appointed
director
2022-02-14
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accounts · AA
2021-03-16
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accounts · AA
2019-12-16
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accounts · AA
2019-05-27
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officers · CH01
2019-05-27
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2019-05-27
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2017-06-27
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CLARK, Diane Hester appointed
director
2015-06-20
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NISBET, Christopher William resigned
director
2015-06-18
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MACNEILL, Donald Malcolm appointed
director
2015-01-08
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NISBET, Sheena Frances Mary resigned
director
2014-06-05
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JOLL, Katherine Mary resigned
director
2014-06-05
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JOLL, Katherine Mary resigned
director
2014-04-26
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JOLL, Katherine Mary appointed
director
2014-04-26
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NISBET, Christopher William appointed
director
2014-04-26
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NISBET, Sheena Frances Mary appointed
director
2014-04-22
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HOBHOUSE, David Paul appointed
director
2014-04-22
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MARSHALL, Esme Helen appointed
director
2014-04-22
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JOLL, Katherine Mary appointed
director
2014-04-17
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JOLL, Katherine Mary appointed
director
2014-02-10
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ROBINSON, Rhona Anne resigned
director
2011-10-14
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MCMORRINE, Alasdair Ewan Cameron resigned
director
2011-08-24
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ROBERTSON, Jane Hendry resigned
director
2011-08-22
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CARMICHAEL, Mary Campbell resigned
director
2010-11-21
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PATRICK, Frances Wester resigned
director
2010-10-12
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BINNIE, David Stewart appointed
director
2010-05-28
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RENNIE, Katherine Mary resigned
secretary
2010-05-28
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CLARK, Barbara resigned
director
2010-05-28
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GRANT, Nigel James resigned
director
2010-05-28
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RENNIE, Katherine Mary resigned
director
2008-11-01
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RENNIE, Katherine Mary appointed
secretary
2008-11-01
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ROBERTSON, Jane Hendry resigned
secretary
2008-11-01
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CLARK, Barbara appointed
director
2008-11-01
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PATRICK, Frances Wester appointed
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

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Carol Macneill Individual · British · DOB 03/1954 · age 72	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest	30/06/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1993-06-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC91011 — Library activities

Registered office

Drumclach Steading

Drumclach

Isle Of Colonsay

PA61 7YR

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-11

Last: 2025-05-28