SHAWBOST OLD SCHOOL TRUST

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SC259718 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2003-11-24

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 material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£497.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

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

Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

34 officers (6 active, 34 linked, 28 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

121 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 · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £497,647

Net assets shrinking

Down £15,307 YoY

Cash YoY

+6%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£5k

↑ 5.5% YoY

Net Worth

£498k

↓ 3.0% YoY

Current Assets

£7k

↑ 38% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£497.6k	£513.0k
Current assets	£7.1k	£5.2k
Cash	£4.9k	£4.7k
Debtors	£2.2k	£490
Net assets	£497.6k	£513.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (82 events)Click to expand

2026-03-20
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2025-11-14
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officers · TM02
2024-12-23
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accounts · AA
2024-01-04
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HARRISON, Innes resigned
director
2023-12-28
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accounts · AA
2023-08-28
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MACRITCHIE, Catriona resigned
secretary
2023-08-28
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MACRITCHIE, Catriona resigned
director
2022-12-09
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accounts · AA
2022-01-18
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accounts · AA
2021-11-24
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JEFFERSON, Fiona appointed
director
2021-11-24
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MACLENNAN, Annetta appointed
director
2021-11-24
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MACDONALD, Megan resigned
secretary
2021-11-24
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MACRITCHIE, Catriona appointed
secretary
2021-11-24
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HARRISON, Innes appointed
director
2021-11-24
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KENNEDY, Kenneth John resigned
director
2021-11-24
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MACDONALD, Megan resigned
director
2021-11-24
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MACKAY, Marion Margaret resigned
director
2021-11-24
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MACRITCHIE, Catriona appointed
director
2021-11-24
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MORRISON, Roderick resigned
director
2021-11-24
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2021-11-24
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2021-03-30
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2015-04-20
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MACARTHUR, Erica resigned
secretary
2015-04-20
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MACDONALD, Megan appointed
secretary
2015-04-20
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CAMPBELL, Stewart resigned
director
2015-04-20
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MACARTHUR, Erica resigned
director
2015-04-20
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MACDONALD, Donald resigned
director
2015-04-20
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MACDONALD, Megan appointed
director
2015-04-20
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MACKAY, Marion Margaret appointed
director
2015-04-20
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MORRISON, George resigned
director
2011-11-21
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HEBDITCH, Lynn appointed
director
2011-11-21
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HEBDITCH, Matthew appointed
director
2011-11-21
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MACARTHUR, Erica appointed
secretary
2011-11-21
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MACKAY, Marion Margaret resigned
secretary
2011-11-21
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MACCONNELL, Hugh Smart resigned
director
2011-11-21
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MACKAY, Marion Margaret resigned
director
2010-10-12
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CAMPBELL, Stewart appointed
director
2010-10-12
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MACARTHUR, Erica appointed
director
2010-10-12
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MACLEAN, Mary resigned
director
2009-10-06
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MACLEOD, Neil appointed
director

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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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

Incorporated2003-11-24

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

Ionad Na Seann Sgoil

North Shawbost

Isle Of Lewis

Western Isles

HS2 9BQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-28

Last: 2025-11-14