THE CLAN MACQUARRIE COMMUNITY CENTRE

🌳Matureactive

SC234402 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2002-07-22

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£369.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). 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 19.3y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 19.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

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

Directors & officers

55 officers (11 active, 55 linked, 48 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

168 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £369,892

Net assets shrinking

Down £51,943 YoY

Cash YoY

-21%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£33k

↓ 21% YoY

Net Worth

£370k

↓ 12% YoY

Current Assets

£37k

↓ 19% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£369.9k	£421.8k
Current assets	£37.3k	£45.9k
Cash	£32.7k	£41.2k
Debtors	£2.1k	£3.1k
Net assets	£369.9k	£421.8k

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

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4 signals 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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (123 events)Click to expand

2026-05-10
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officers · TM01
2026-05-09
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MURRAY, Iain resigned
director
2026-01-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-12
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RENNIE, Agnes resigned
director
2025-11-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-28
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officers · TM01
2025-10-27
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MCCARTNEY, Jacqueline Mary resigned
director
2025-10-27
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VANN, Donald Macdonald resigned
director
2025-04-14
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MACDONALD, Donald Angus appointed
secretary
2025-04-14
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CARTER-CLAVELL, Sophie resigned
secretary
2025-04-14
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-04-14
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-12-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-01
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CARTER-CLAVELL, Sophie appointed
secretary
2024-11-01
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MACDONALD, Donald Angus resigned
secretary
2024-11-01
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-11-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-01
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officers · AP03
2024-10-29
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CARTER-CLAVELL, Sophie resigned
director
2024-10-29
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MATHESON, Kevin resigned
director
2024-01-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
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MACLEAN, Annette appointed
director
2023-11-29
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officers · AP01
2023-11-14
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officers · AP01
2023-11-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-13
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SMITH, Mairi Macdonald appointed
director
2023-11-13
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CARTER-CLAVELL, Sophie appointed
director
2023-11-13
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NICHOLSON, Murdo resigned
director
2023-11-13
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SMITH, Kayleigh resigned
director
2023-05-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-29
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MACIVER, Malcolm John resigned
director
2023-05-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-08
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SAUNDERS, Lindy Cameron resigned
director
2023-02-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-14
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JACK, Alexander Harrison appointed
director
2022-11-14
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RENNIE, Fiona resigned
director
2022-10-07
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MACDONALD, Donald Angus resigned
director
2022-01-19
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MACKAY, Derek appointed
director
2021-11-24
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MORRISON, Ann appointed
director
2021-11-15
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REYNOLDS, Sally Sue appointed
director
2021-11-15
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MACLEOD, Margaret Isabel resigned
director
2021-11-15
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MURRAY, Elaine resigned
director
2021-11-15
➖
SMITH, Derek resigned
director
2021-11-15
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SMITH, Kayleigh appointed
director
2020-07-24
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RENNIE, Fiona appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 123 events

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — 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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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

1 med ·

4 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: MCCARTNEY, Jacqueline Mary resigned 2025-10-27; MURRAY, Iain resigned 2026-05-09; RENNIE, Agnes resigned 2026-01-12

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2002-07-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

Clan Macquarrie Community Centre

Borve

Isle Of Lewis

HS2 0RX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-28

Last: 2025-08-14