THE KYLESKU CROFTERS TRUST LIMITED

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SC212413 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2000-10-30
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
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£20.7k
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 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
83 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £20,656

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£21k
↑ 1.2% YoY
Current Assets
£22k
↑ 5.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£4k£9k£13k£18k£22kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£35.0k£34.7k
Current assets£22.0k£20.9k
Net assets£20.7k£20.4k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 gazette
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-01-27
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    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2025-10-21
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  4. 2025-06-03
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    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-04-02
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    MACAULAY, Diarmid Iain resigned
    director
  6. 2024-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2023-10-31
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  8. 2022-10-31
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  9. 2021-10-29
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  10. 2020-10-26
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  11. 2019-07-29
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  12. 2018-07-30
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  13. 2017-07-21
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  14. 2016-08-04
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  15. 2015-11-23
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  16. 2015-08-03
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  17. 2014-12-09
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    HOLLINGDALE, Robert Roger resigned
    director
  18. 2013-04-01
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    CLARK, Iain appointed
    secretary
  19. 2013-04-01
    ➖
    MACLEOD, Rodney Wyllis resigned
    secretary
  20. 2008-10-31
    ➖
    HOLLINGDALE, Robert Roger resigned
    secretary
  21. 2008-10-31
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    MACLEOD, Rodney Wyllis appointed
    secretary
  22. 2000-10-30
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    Company incorporated
    As THE KYLESKU CROFTERS TRUST LIMITED
  23. 2000-10-30
    ➕
    BRAUER, Walter Andrew appointed
    director
  24. 2000-10-30
    ➕
    CLARK, Iain appointed
    director
  25. 2000-10-30
    ➕
    CLARK, John Donald appointed
    director
  26. 2000-10-30
    ➕
    MACLEOD, Rodney Wyllis appointed
    director
  27. 2000-10-30
    ➕
    FERRIS, Michael Ian appointed
    secretary
  28. 2000-10-30
    ➖
    FERRIS, Michael Ian resigned
    secretary
  29. 2000-10-30
    ➕
    HOLLINGDALE, Robert Roger appointed
    secretary
  30. 2000-10-30
    ➕
    HOLLINGDALE, Robert Roger appointed
    director
  31. 2000-10-30
    ➕
    MACAULAY, Diarmid Iain appointed
    director
  32. 2000-10-30
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Stewart Macaulay appointed
    director
  33. 2000-10-30
    ➖
    MACDONALD, Stewart Macaulay resigned
    director
  34. 2000-10-30
    ➕
    MACKENZIE, Derek appointed
    director
  35. 2000-10-30
    ➖
    MACKENZIE, Derek resigned
    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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
Incorporated2000-10-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01450 — SIC 01450

Registered office

Willowbank
Kinlochbervie
By Lairg
Sutherland
IV27 4RP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (5 active · 7 resigned)

CLARK, Iain→
secretary · appointed 2013-04-01
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Active
BRAUER, Walter Andrew→
director · ~77y · appointed 2000-10-30
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Active
CLARK, Iain→
director · ~53y · appointed 2000-10-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARK, John Donald→
director · ~77y · appointed 2000-10-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACLEOD, Rodney Wyllis→
director · ~68y · appointed 2000-10-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FERRIS, Michael Ian→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-30 · resigned 2000-10-30
Resigned
HOLLINGDALE, Robert Roger→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-30 · resigned 2008-10-31
Resigned
MACLEOD, Rodney Wyllis→
secretary · appointed 2008-10-31 · resigned 2013-04-01
Resigned
HOLLINGDALE, Robert Roger→
director · ~89y · appointed 2000-10-30 · resigned 2014-12-09
Resigned
MACAULAY, Diarmid Iain→
director · ~78y · appointed 2000-10-30 · resigned 2025-04-02
Resigned
MACDONALD, Stewart Macaulay→
director · ~77y · appointed 2000-10-30 · resigned 2000-10-30
Resigned
MACKENZIE, Derek→
director · ~61y · appointed 2000-10-30 · resigned 2000-10-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (83 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-01-28
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-26