NORTH SUTHERLAND COMMUNITY FORESTRY TRUST

🌳Matureactive

SC161610 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1995-11-15

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 May 2025

Net worth

£256.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 02400

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). 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 0.2y

10/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Newest facility, 0.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

55 officers (10 active, 55 linked, 50 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

172 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £256,015

Net assets shrinking

Down £23,029 YoY

Cash YoY

-16%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£87k

↓ 16% YoY

Net Worth

£256k

↓ 8.3% YoY

Current Assets

£88k

↓ 14% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£256.0k	£279.0k
Current assets	£88.5k	£103.3k
Cash	£86.6k	£102.6k
Debtors	£967	£486
Net assets	£256.0k	£279.0k

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

• 1 mortgage
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 officers
• 1 mortgage
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (124 events)Click to expand

2026-03-04
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mortgage · MR01
2026-03-02
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Scottish Ministers
2026-02-24
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officers · AP01
2026-02-23
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accounts · AA
2026-02-12
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MACINTOSH, Rosemary appointed
director
2026-01-19
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MACINTOSH, Rosemary resigned
secretary
2026-01-19
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MACINTOSH, Rosemary resigned
director
2026-01-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-19
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officers · TM02
2025-11-26
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officers · AP01
2025-11-13
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GRAY, Jane Elizabeth appointed
director
2025-06-26
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officers · AP01
2025-06-26
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officers · TM02
2025-06-13
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ROWE, Richard appointed
director
2025-06-13
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EASTHOPE, Alistair Mcleod resigned
secretary
2025-02-28
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address · AD01
2025-02-28
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officers · AP03
2025-02-28
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officers · TM01
2025-02-27
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accounts · AA
2025-02-25
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MACINTOSH, Rosemary appointed
secretary
2025-02-25
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HERFURT, Andreas, Dr resigned
director
2024-05-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-03
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officers · AP01
2024-05-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-03
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officers · TM01
2024-05-03
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officers · TM01
2024-04-30
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MARKS, David appointed
director
2024-04-30
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MCPHERSON, Gillian appointed
director
2024-04-30
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BARNES, Ike resigned
director
2024-04-30
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FORBES, Iain Morrison resigned
director
2024-04-30
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WHITWORTH, Al resigned
director
2024-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
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officers · TM01
2023-11-10
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MACLEOD, Calum resigned
director
2023-03-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-23
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MACCONNELL, Anna Mairi appointed
director
2023-02-22
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CURTIS, Timothy Andrew appointed
director
2023-02-21
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COLLINS, Roy resigned
director
2022-11-30
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RANKIN, Iain resigned
director
2022-04-14
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BLACK, Hugh appointed
director
2022-04-14
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MACKAY, Allan Murdo resigned
secretary
2022-04-14
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BARNES, Ike appointed
director
2021-06-01
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CAMPBELL, Sidney Gamlin resigned
director
2021-06-01
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CURTIS, Timothy Andrew resigned
director
2021-06-01
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GRANT, William resigned
director
2021-06-01
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HERFURT, Andreas, Dr appointed
director
2021-06-01
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HODGE, David resigned
director
2021-06-01
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MACINTOSH, Rosemary appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 124 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

-10 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 77 — 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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 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 ·

3 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

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

Evidence: EASTHOPE, Alistair Mcleod resigned 2025-06-13; MACINTOSH, Rosemary resigned 2026-01-19; MACINTOSH, Rosemary resigned 2026-01-19

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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BRECK FARM LIMITED→ SC282508 · est 2005	—	—	—	100	21y	83	59y
ORKNEY SHELLFISH LIMITED→ SC138531 · est 1992	—	—	£174.7k	—	33y	83	61y
BINSCARTH LIMITED→ SC251665 · est 2003	—	—	—	0	22y	82	70y
CELTIC DAWN FISHING LIMITED→ SC263213 · est 2004	—	—	£2.01M	—	22y	82	62y
E S H HARCUS LIMITED→ SC375460 · est 2010	—	—	—	600	16y	82	78y
ERLEND FLETT PLANT HIRE→ SC081510 · est 1983 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	43y	82	81y
FORSE FARMS LTD→ SC388765 · est 2010	—	—	£561.7k	—	15y	82	72y
GEORTH FARMS→ SC270361 · est 2004 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	21y	82	78y
J STEVENSON & SON LIMITED→ SC420824 · est 2012 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	14y	—	—
M MACKENZIE SERVICES LTD→ SC860867 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
ROWANPOINT LIMITED→ SC572720 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	8y	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1995-11-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC02400 — SIC 02400

Registered office

Naver Teleservice Centre

Bettyhill

Thurso

KW14 7SS

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-29

Last: 2025-11-15