SCARISTAVORE CROFTING TRUST LIMITED

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SC195471 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1999-04-20

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

£59.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01450

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

17 officers (11 active, 17 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

84 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £59,593

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£60k

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£59.6k	£59.6k
Net assets	£59.6k	£59.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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accounts · AA
2024-12-20
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accounts · AA
2024-12-20
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address · AD01
2023-12-13
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accounts · AA
2023-05-29
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MACKENZIE, David appointed
secretary
2023-05-29
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CAMPBELL, Neil resigned
secretary
2023-05-29
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-05-29
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officers · TM02
2022-05-03
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accounts · AA
2021-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-21
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accounts · AA
2019-05-02
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accounts · AA
2018-05-09
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accounts · AA
2017-05-12
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accounts · AA
2016-05-05
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accounts · AA
2016-04-20
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annual-return · AR01
2015-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-04-28
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annual-return · AR01
2013-12-17
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MACLEOD, George appointed
director
2013-12-17
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MACLEOD, Flora Norma resigned
director
2013-04-26
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MACKENZIE, Fiona Mairi Morrison Maclennan appointed
director
2013-04-26
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MACLENNAN, Morag resigned
director
2003-08-11
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CAMPBELL, Neil appointed
secretary
2003-08-11
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FERRIS, Michael Ian resigned
secretary
2003-03-27
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BENNETT, Robin James Macdonald appointed
director
2003-03-27
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CAMPBELL, Rhoda Macleod appointed
director
2003-03-27
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MACKAY, Allina Margaret appointed
director
2003-03-27
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MACKINNON, Robert appointed
director
2003-03-27
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MACLENNAN, Hugh appointed
director
2003-03-27
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MUNRO, John Campbell appointed
director
2003-03-27
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MACLENNAN, Morag appointed
director
2003-03-27
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MACLEOD, Flora Norma appointed
director
1999-06-01
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MACDONALD, Stewart Macaulay resigned
director
1999-06-01
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MACKENZIE, Derek resigned
director
1999-05-03
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MACKAY, Angus appointed
director
1999-05-03
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MACSWEEN, Donald John appointed
director
1999-04-20
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Company incorporated
As SCARISTAVORE CROFTING TRUST LIMITED
1999-04-20
➕
FERRIS, Michael Ian appointed
secretary
1999-04-20
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MACDONALD, Stewart Macaulay appointed
director
1999-04-20
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MACKENZIE, Derek appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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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Similar companies

Active · Agriculture · HS postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
GREENSTONE FISHING LIMITED→ SC666436 · est 2020	£9.6k £7.4k–£11.8k	£63.7k	—	200	5y	84	47y
HEBRIDEAN SMOLTS LIMITED→ SC235174 · est 2002	—	—	£500.7k	—	23y	82	59y
MACSWEEN'S DUNGANICHY LTD→ SC273960 · est 2004	—	—	£212.1k	—	21y	82	71y
S & SG LTD→ SC253571 · est 2003	—	—	—	100	22y	82	68y
AQUARIA (GRIMSAY) LTD→ SC476899 · est 2014	—	—	£465.4k	—	11y	80	70y
D MACINNES ASSOCIATES LTD→ SC259251 · est 2003	—	—	£23.2k	—	22y	80	73y
GAELTONE LIMITED→ SC289027 · est 2005	—	—	£1.0k	—	20y	80	84y
JACAMAR FISHING LTD→ SC336198 · est 2008	—	—	£24.5k	—	18y	80	62y
ASTRONAUT SHELLFISH LIMITED→ SC421678 · est 2012	—	—	£107.5k	—	14y	79	62y
CARLOWAY CROFTS LIMITED→ SC476584 · est 2014	—	—	£58.0k	—	11y	79	59y
DAWN SHELLFISH LIMITED→ SC341117 · est 2008	—	—	£87.1k	—	18y	79	59y
HEBRIDEAN LIVESTOCK MARKETING COMPANY LIMITED→ SC091566 · est 1985	—	—	£38.1k	—	41y	79	82y

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1999-04-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01450 — SIC 01450

Registered office

26 Lewis Street

Stornoway

Isle Of Lewis

HS2 2JF

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-04

Last: 2025-04-20