AULDEARN COMMUNITY TRUST

🌳Matureactive

SC229632 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2002-03-26

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

£69.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

16 officers (8 active, 16 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

85 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 £69,251

Net assets shrinking

Down £869 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£69k

↓ 1.2% YoY

Current Assets

£41k

↓ 1.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£69.3k	£70.1k
Current assets	£40.7k	£41.2k
Net assets	£69.3k	£70.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand

2025-12-24
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accounts · AA
2024-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-10
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-04-05
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2017-04-05
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officers · TM01
2017-03-26
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MACKELLAR, James Mollison resigned
director
2016-12-21
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accounts · AA
2016-04-28
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2015-03-31
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STARKE, Jack Sword resigned
director
2011-04-21
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MESSRS MACLEOD & MACCALLUM resigned
corporate-secretary
2011-03-31
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HALL, Alexander resigned
director
2008-01-25
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CAMPBELL, Elizabeth Anne resigned
director
2007-05-23
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BARCLAY, Donald appointed
director
2007-05-23
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MILTON, Roger James appointed
director
2005-08-01
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PHILIP, Morag Elizabeth resigned
director
2005-05-20
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AULDEARN SCHOOL PARENT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION resigned
corporate-director
2004-05-27
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FRASER, John appointed
director
2004-05-27
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MACKINTOSH, Kyle Forbes Bain appointed
director
2004-05-27
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AULDEARN SCHOOL PARENT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION appointed
corporate-director
2004-01-20
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HARRISON, Douglas Swan resigned
director
2002-10-30
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LESLIE, James Malcolm appointed
director
2002-09-22
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CAMPBELL, Elizabeth Anne appointed
director
2002-09-16
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MACLEOD, Brian appointed
director
2002-08-27
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HALL, Alexander appointed
director
2002-08-27
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HARRISON, Douglas Swan appointed
director
2002-08-27
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PHILIP, Morag Elizabeth appointed
director
2002-08-27
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STARKE, Jack Sword appointed
director
2002-03-26
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Company incorporated
As AULDEARN COMMUNITY TRUST
2002-03-26
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DOWNIE, William Mcintosh appointed
director
2002-03-26
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PARK, Alexander Smith appointed
director
2002-03-26
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MESSRS MACLEOD & MACCALLUM appointed
corporate-secretary
2002-03-26
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MACKELLAR, James Mollison 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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — 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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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-limited-exemption

Incorporated2002-03-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Blackpark Farm

Nairn

IV12 5HY

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-09

Last: 2026-03-26