KILMUIR AND LOGIE EASTER ACTION AND DEVELOPMENT GROUP

🌳Matureactive

SC169101 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1996-10-17

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

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 16.0y 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 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 Oct 2025

Net worth

£1.21M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other information service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.0y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 16.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

58 officers (9 active, 58 linked, 46 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

162 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,208,801

Cash YoY

-9%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£40k

↓ 9.2% YoY

Net Worth

£1.2m

~ YoY

Current Assets

£50k

↑ 13% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Total assets	£1.21M	£1.20M
Current assets	£50.5k	£44.5k
Cash	£40.3k	£44.4k
Debtors	£10.2k	£70
Net assets	£1.21M	£1.20M

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

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3 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

• 3 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (129 events)Click to expand

2026-05-15
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officers · CH01
2026-05-14
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officers · AP01
2026-05-02
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MACDONALD, Kerry Michele appointed
director
2026-03-31
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officers · AP01
2026-03-24
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SMITH, Marjory appointed
director
2026-03-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-10
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LAIRD-MEASURES, Paul Edward resigned
director
2026-03-10
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officers · TM01
2025-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
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officers · AP01
2022-03-31
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officers · AP01
2022-03-29
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officers · AP01
2022-03-29
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officers · AP01
2022-03-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-22
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BROADBENT, Tracy appointed
director
2022-03-22
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DRUMMOND, Alistair John, Rev appointed
director
2022-03-22
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MARSHALL, Peter appointed
director
2022-03-22
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LAIRD-MEASURES, Paul Edward appointed
director
2022-03-22
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ROWE, Ruth resigned
director
2021-02-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-26
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accounts · AA
2020-02-26
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officers · TM01
2019-12-01
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SUTHERLAND, Emma Lyn resigned
director
2019-04-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-03-28
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KENNEDY, Squirrel appointed
secretary
2017-03-22
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WILSON, Andrew resigned
secretary
2017-03-22
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STEWART, Fraser Methven Compton, Rev resigned
director
2017-03-22
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WILSON, Andrew resigned
director
2016-03-23
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KENNEDY, Squirrel appointed
director
2015-03-25
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COLLINS, Brenda Florence resigned
secretary
2015-03-25
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WILSON, Andrew appointed
secretary
2015-03-25
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COLLINS, Brenda Florence resigned
director
2015-03-25
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SUTHERLAND, Emma Lyn appointed
director
2013-03-27
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COLLINS, Brenda Florence appointed
secretary
2013-03-27
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MARSHALL, Peter resigned
secretary
2013-03-27
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MARSHALL, Peter resigned
director
2013-03-27
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STEWART, Fraser Methven Compton, Rev appointed
director
2012-10-12
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INKSON, Catherine May resigned
director
2012-06-05
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PURVIS, Diana resigned
director
2012-02-28
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HAZELL, Anne-Rose resigned
director
2011-08-25
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Charge satisfied #1
2011-01-25
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NEWDICK, Andrew Michael appointed
director
2011-01-25
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COLLINS, Brenda Florence appointed
director
2011-01-25
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INKSON, Catherine May appointed
director
2010-07-14
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Big Lottery Fund
2010-06-07
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Sis (Community Finance) Limited
2010-01-26
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MACKINNON, Thomas Joseph Reeves, Rev resigned
director

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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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — 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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 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-limited-exemption

Incorporated1996-10-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC63990 — Other information service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Mercat Centre Munro Crescent

Milton

Invergordon

Ross-Shire

IV18 0PX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-18

Last: 2025-11-04