NORTH RONALDSAY TRADING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC291480 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-10

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

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

10 officers (6 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

59 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Average employees	0	0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2025-06-23
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accounts · AA
2024-06-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-07
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address · AD01
2022-10-17
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officers · TM01
2022-10-03
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TINDALL, Simon Papillon resigned
director
2022-07-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-09-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-26
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2019-09-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-24
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2019-04-22
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DONNELLY, Peter James appointed
director
2019-04-22
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officers · AP01
2018-05-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-10-01
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SCOTT, John appointed
director
2016-10-01
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SCOTT, Michael appointed
director
2006-12-01
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MUIR, William Tulloch appointed
secretary
2006-12-01
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MUIR, William Tulloch appointed
director
2006-12-01
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FERRIS, Michael Ian resigned
nominee-secretary
2006-12-01
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FERRIS, Michael Ian resigned
nominee-director
2006-12-01
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MACDONALD, Stewart Macaulay resigned
nominee-director
2006-12-01
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TINDALL, Simon Papillon appointed
director
2005-10-10
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Company incorporated
As NORTH RONALDSAY TRADING COMPANY LIMITED
2005-10-10
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SCOTT, Sinclair Tulloch appointed
director
2005-10-10
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FERRIS, Michael Ian appointed
nominee-secretary
2005-10-10
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FERRIS, Michael Ian appointed
nominee-director
2005-10-10
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MACDONALD, Stewart Macaulay appointed
nominee-director

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

-5 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 89 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 89 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 21 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.)

Group structure

The North Ronaldsay Trust is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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The North Ronaldsay Trust

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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NORTH RONALDSAY TRADING COMPANY LIMITED

This company · SC291480

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
The North Ronaldsay Trust Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	10/10/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-10-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

8 Albert Street

Kirkwall

Orkney

KW15 1HP

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-26

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-17

Last: 2025-10-03