ORKNEY HYPERBARIC TRUST

🌳Matureactive

SC260588 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2003-12-10

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

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other human health activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company 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: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

10 officers (6 active, 10 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

69 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 incorporation
• 1 resolution

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 incorporation
• 1 resolution
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2026-02-02
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-02-02
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-12-02
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-09-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-26
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MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2025-03-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-23
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-08-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-18
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officers · AP01
2019-04-16
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JOHNSON, Rognvald Derek Sandgarth Dale appointed
director
2018-09-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-03-01
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LEITCH, James Donald appointed
director
2018-03-01
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KIRKLAND, David Martin, Captain resigned
director
2018-03-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2015-05-07
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FORBES, Robert resigned
director
2015-04-02
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SMITH, Fiona Lucy appointed
director
2010-03-01
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WILKINSON, Antony Edward Reid, Dr appointed
director
2009-03-01
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HAMILTON, William Marshall, Dr resigned
director
2003-12-10
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Company incorporated
As ORKNEY HYPERBARIC TRUST
2003-12-10
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PYE, Kathleen Eunice Mary appointed
director
2003-12-10
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TREVETT, Andrew James, Dr appointed
director
2003-12-10
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MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-12-10
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FORBES, Robert appointed
director
2003-12-10
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HAMILTON, William Marshall, Dr appointed
director
2003-12-10
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KIRKLAND, David Martin, Captain 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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Dr Andrew James Trevett Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest	01/12/2016
Mrs Fiona Lucy Smith Individual · British · DOB 05/1971 · age 55	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest	01/12/2016
Dr Antony Edward Reid Wilkinson Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest	01/12/2016
Mrs Kathleen Eunice Mary Pye Individual · British · DOB 08/1948 · age 78	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest	01/12/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Captain David Martin Kirklandceased 01/03/2018· significant influence · trust interest

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2003-12-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

The Old Academy

Back Road

Stromness

Orkney

KW16 3AW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-15

Last: 2025-12-01