CULAG COMMUNITY WOODLAND TRUST LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC156020 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1995-02-16

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 02100

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 90-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 90). Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 25.3y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 25.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 48/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

50 officers (6 active, 50 linked, 45 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

176 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 5 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 6 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (118 events)Click to expand

2026-03-02
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RUSSELL, Charles Gordon appointed
director
2026-03-02
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MACKAY, Anna Linda resigned
director
2026-03-02
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RUSSELL, Charles Gordon resigned
director
2026-03-02
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officers · AP01
2026-03-02
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officers · TM01
2026-03-02
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officers · CH01
2026-03-02
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officers · TM01
2026-02-10
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SAYWELL, Fiona resigned
director
2026-02-10
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officers · TM01
2025-11-22
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officers · TM01
2025-11-18
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MACKENZIE, Ian Alastair resigned
director
2025-08-22
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accounts · AA
2025-01-16
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officers · TM01
2025-01-05
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WALKINGSHAW, Amy resigned
director
2024-12-13
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accounts · AA
2024-04-15
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officers · AP01
2024-03-30
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SAYWELL, Fiona appointed
director
2023-06-27
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accounts · AA
2023-02-03
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officers · AP01
2023-01-23
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WALKINGSHAW, Amy appointed
director
2022-09-01
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accounts · AA
2022-07-01
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officers · TM01
2022-06-20
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JACK, William Gordon Daniel resigned
director
2022-03-01
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officers · TM01
2022-02-16
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FARLOW, George Martin resigned
director
2021-08-25
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accounts · AA
2020-10-09
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officers · AP01
2020-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-08-28
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officers · TM01
2020-08-24
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CHAPMAN, Melvyn Laurence resigned
director
2020-08-24
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CROOKS, James Logan resigned
director
2020-08-24
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MACKENZIE, Ian Alastair appointed
director
2019-07-06
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JACK, William Gordon Daniel appointed
director
2019-02-28
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GORTON, Nicholas Leslie resigned
director
2018-05-21
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EVANS, Ian Michael appointed
director
2018-03-02
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SUMMERS, Andrew Bill resigned
director
2015-06-19
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Charge satisfied #3
2013-05-20
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GOODMAN, Christopher Eliot appointed
director
2012-10-29
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VAN DELFT, Jorine Irene appointed
director
2012-02-15
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NOBLE, Donald John Robert resigned
director
2012-02-15
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TAYLOR, Andrew Cameron resigned
director
2011-03-25
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SNOWDON, John Mark resigned
director
2010-06-21
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RICHARDS, Gwenllian Margaret appointed
secretary
2010-06-21
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MACKENZIE, Ian Alastair resigned
secretary
2010-05-17
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MACKAY, Anna Linda appointed
director
2010-05-17
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RITCHIE, Colin resigned
director
2009-08-17
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NOBLE, Donald John Robert appointed
director
2009-08-17
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SIMPSON, John Michael resigned
director
2009-01-26
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GLOVER, Kenneth Roger resigned
director
2008-10-20
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TAYLOR, Andrew Cameron appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 118 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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 90 — 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 90 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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

1 med ·

4 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: MACKAY, Anna Linda resigned 2026-03-02; MACKENZIE, Ian Alastair resigned 2025-11-18; RUSSELL, Charles Gordon resigned 2026-03-02

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Assynt Community Council Individual	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	27/07/2018

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

Incorporated1995-02-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

1 The Old Coach House

Lochinver

Sutherland

IV27 4LE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-02

Last: 2026-02-16