WESTMUIR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST

🌳Matureactive

SC274218 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2004-10-05

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 Oct 2024

Net worth

£2.5k

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 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

15 officers (8 active, 15 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

70 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 £2,547

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£3k

↑ 33% YoY

Current Assets

£3k

↑ 33% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£2.5k	£1.9k
Current assets	£2.5k	£1.9k
Net assets	£2.5k	£1.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand

2025-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-01
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MILLER, James Alexander Colquhoun resigned
director
2023-07-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-04
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-05-03
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-08-25
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JONES, Nicola Justine appointed
secretary
2021-08-24
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COBB, Ian resigned
secretary
2021-07-29
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-29
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-07-28
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JONES, Nicola Justine appointed
director
2021-07-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-06-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-04-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-10
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COBB, Ian resigned
director
2019-02-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-02-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-02-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-02-05
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ROSS, Philip Gordon Buchan, Dr appointed
director
2019-02-05
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FORSYTH, Brian Forbes resigned
director
2018-03-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-03-28
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GRANT, Lynda Jean appointed
director
2011-02-22
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CARLE, Alexander resigned
director
2010-05-25
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SINCLAIR, Gary Alexander appointed
director
2010-05-25
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FORSYTH, Brian Forbes appointed
director
2010-05-04
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COLYTON, Alisdair John Munro, Lord appointed
director
2010-02-23
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HUMPHREYS, Helen Clark resigned
director
2007-10-16
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MILLER, James Alexander Colquhoun appointed
director
2007-09-22
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SMITH, Graham Mitchell resigned
director
2006-02-27
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COBB, Ian appointed
director
2004-12-20
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MCPARLAND, Andrew Lawrence John appointed
director
2004-12-20
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WARREN, Ann Elizabeth appointed
director
2004-12-20
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SMITH, Graham Mitchell appointed
director
2004-10-05
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Company incorporated
As WESTMUIR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST
2004-10-05
➕
COBB, Ian appointed
secretary
2004-10-05
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CARLE, Alexander appointed
director
2004-10-05
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HUMPHREYS, Helen Clark 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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2004-10-05

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

Windrush 5, Rossiebank Crescent

Westmuir

Kirriemuir

Angus

DD8 5LB

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-19

Last: 2025-10-05