HEBRIDEAN WHALE AND DOLPHIN TRUST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC172338 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1997-02-13

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 16.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.3y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 16.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (49/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

32 officers (10 active, 32 linked, 28 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

122 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (75 events)Click to expand

2025-09-22
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accounts · AA
2025-06-30
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officers · AP01
2025-06-16
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RISCH, Denise appointed
director
2025-02-07
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officers · TM01
2025-02-05
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-02-04
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BLAIR, Leanne Fay resigned
director
2025-01-24
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officers · AP01
2025-01-24
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officers · AP01
2025-01-11
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KIEMEL GREENE, Indy appointed
director
2025-01-11
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MONK, Katie appointed
director
2024-12-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-02
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BUTLER, Juliana Mary, Lady resigned
director
2024-12-02
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GORDON, Jonathan Charles David, Dr resigned
director
2024-12-02
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MOLLISON, Denis, Professor resigned
director
2024-12-02
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WALMSLEY, Tom resigned
director
2024-10-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-10-05
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officers · AP01
2023-09-26
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officers · AP01
2023-09-22
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STACE, Helen Elizabeth appointed
director
2023-09-21
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accounts · AA
2023-09-15
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GILBURD, Sharon Margaret appointed
director
2023-02-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-08
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HEWETT, Edward George appointed
director
2022-11-08
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MEEGAN, Dale resigned
director
2022-10-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-23
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officers · CH01
2020-12-07
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MEEGAN, Dale appointed
director
2018-04-24
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KERSHAW, Lindsay Alexa appointed
director
2018-01-28
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MELVILLE, Andrew appointed
director
2018-01-28
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GOVAN, David resigned
director
2018-01-28
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MEEGAN, Dale resigned
director
2015-04-02
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MEEGAN, Dale appointed
director
2015-02-10
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BLAIR, Leanne Fay appointed
director
2015-02-10
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BUTLER, Juliana Mary, Lady appointed
director
2013-12-02
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CHEEK, Philip Richard appointed
director
2013-02-07
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COOPER, David Torquil resigned
director
2013-02-07
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FEREDAY, Jacqueline Ann resigned
director
2013-02-07
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MATTHEWS, Jack, Professor resigned
director
2013-02-06
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FEREDAY, Jacqueline Ann resigned
secretary
2011-06-02
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HEBRIDEAN WHALE AND DOLPHIN TRUST resigned
corporate-director
2011-06-01
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COOPER, David Torquil appointed
director
2011-06-01
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HEBRIDEAN WHALE AND DOLPHIN TRUST appointed
corporate-director
2010-06-30
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MACLEOD, Neil David resigned
director
2010-04-16
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MACLEOD, John Maxwell Norman, Sir resigned
director
2010-01-29
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Charity Bank Limited

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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

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 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

Incorporated1997-02-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC72190 — Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

Registered office

28 Main Street

Tobermory

Isle Of Mull

PA75 6NU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-09

Last: 2026-02-23