MULL & IONA COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE LIMITED

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SC173950 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1997-04-01
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 18.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Operation of sports facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). 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 18.3y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (52/100)

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
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
16 officers (5 active, 16 linked, 15 with DOB)
89
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
86 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-02
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  2. 2025-10-22
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  3. 2025-10-09
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    CAMPBELL, James resigned
    director
  4. 2024-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-15
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-12
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    POLLARD, Felicity appointed
    director
  8. 2022-12-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-08-30
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    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-08-19
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    CAMPBELL, James appointed
    director
  11. 2022-07-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2022-06-28
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    PATERSON, Gemma Louise resigned
    director
  13. 2022-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  14. 2021-04-29
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  15. 2020-01-30
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  16. 2018-11-08
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  17. 2018-10-09
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  18. 2018-10-09
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  19. 2018-10-01
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    WHENMAN, Barry Malcolm appointed
    director
  20. 2018-10-01
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    PATERSON, Gemma Louise appointed
    director
  21. 2018-02-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
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  22. 2018-01-08
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    ROBERTSON, Andrew Neville resigned
    director
  23. 2017-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2015-07-31
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    WHYTE, Barbara Stirling appointed
    director
  25. 2015-07-31
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    SWINBANKS, Duncan John resigned
    secretary
  26. 2015-07-31
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    ROBERTSON, Andrew Neville appointed
    director
  27. 2015-07-31
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    SWINBANKS, Duncan John resigned
    director
  28. 2015-07-31
    ➖
    WEIR, Barbara Hepburn resigned
    director
  29. 2012-10-01
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    CARMICHAEL, Susan Marjory resigned
    director
  30. 2010-06-01
    ➖
    KNIGHT, James Christopher Richard Dutton resigned
    director
  31. 2008-08-31
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    CHALUPA, Susanne Elizabeth resigned
    director
  32. 2008-01-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice
  33. 2007-04-01
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    SWINBANKS, Duncan John resigned
    director
  34. 2006-04-17
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    WEIR, Barbara Hepburn appointed
    director
  35. 2006-04-11
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    BRUNTON, Alexander appointed
    director
  36. 2006-04-11
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    CRERAR, Patrick Lorne appointed
    director
  37. 2006-03-31
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    BURGESS, David Nigel resigned
    director
  38. 1997-04-01
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    Company incorporated
    As MULL & IONA COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE LIMITED
  39. 1997-04-01
    ➕
    SWINBANKS, Duncan John appointed
    secretary
  40. 1997-04-01
    ➕
    BURGESS, David Nigel appointed
    director
  41. 1997-04-01
    ➕
    CARMICHAEL, Susan Marjory appointed
    director
  42. 1997-04-01
    ➕
    CHALUPA, Susanne Elizabeth appointed
    director
  43. 1997-04-01
    ➕
    KNIGHT, James Christopher Richard Dutton appointed
    director
  44. 1997-04-01
    ➕
    SWINBANKS, Duncan John appointed
    director
  45. 1997-04-01
    ➕
    SWINBANKS, Duncan John appointed
    director

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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1997-04-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

An Roth Community Enterprise Centre
Craignure
Isle Of Mull
PA65 6AY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-28
Last: 2025-04-14

Officers (5 active · 11 resigned)

BRUNTON, Alexander→
director · ~67y · appointed 2006-04-11
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Active
CRERAR, Patrick Lorne→
director · ~58y · appointed 2006-04-11
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Active
POLLARD, Felicity→
director · ~78y · appointed 2022-12-12
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Active
WHENMAN, Barry Malcolm→
director · ~70y · appointed 2018-10-01
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Active
WHYTE, Barbara Stirling→
director · ~65y · appointed 2015-07-31
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Active
SWINBANKS, Duncan John→
secretary · appointed 1997-04-01 · resigned 2015-07-31
Resigned
BURGESS, David Nigel→
director · ~71y · appointed 1997-04-01 · resigned 2006-03-31
Resigned
CAMPBELL, James→
director · ~38y · appointed 2022-08-19 · resigned 2025-10-09
Resigned
CARMICHAEL, Susan Marjory→
director · ~61y · appointed 1997-04-01 · resigned 2012-10-01
Resigned
CHALUPA, Susanne Elizabeth→
director · ~72y · appointed 1997-04-01 · resigned 2008-08-31
Resigned
KNIGHT, James Christopher Richard Dutton→
director · ~90y · appointed 1997-04-01 · resigned 2010-06-01
Resigned
PATERSON, Gemma Louise→
director · ~46y · appointed 2018-10-01 · resigned 2022-06-28
Resigned
ROBERTSON, Andrew Neville→
director · ~63y · appointed 2015-07-31 · resigned 2018-01-08
Resigned
SWINBANKS, Duncan John→
director · ~74y · appointed 1997-04-01 · resigned 2007-04-01
Resigned
SWINBANKS, Duncan John→
director · ~74y · appointed 1997-04-01 · resigned 2015-07-31
Resigned
WEIR, Barbara Hepburn→
director · ~79y · appointed 2006-04-17 · resigned 2015-07-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice
Standard security1 property22/01/2008—
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Recent filings (86 total)

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2025-12-02
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2025-10-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
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accounts · AA
2024-10-15
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2024-04-23
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accounts · AA
2023-11-15
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2023-04-19
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2023-01-10
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2022-12-12
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2022-08-30
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officers · TM01
2022-07-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-14
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accounts · AA
2022-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-07