WEST CAITHNESS COMMUNITY FUND

🌳Matureactive

SC300125 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2006-04-03

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -64% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

30 officers (7 active, 30 linked, 26 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

96 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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

Cash draining

Cash down 64% YoY

Cash YoY

-64%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£4k

↓ 64% YoY

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Cash	£4.1k	£11.3k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (75 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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WEBSTER, Maureen resigned
director
2026-03-31
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officers · TM01
2026-01-19
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2026-01-15
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2025-10-19
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2025-10-19
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officers · TM01
2025-10-19
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officers · TM01
2025-10-16
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BUXTON, Carroll Carson appointed
director
2025-10-16
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SUTHERLAND, Craig Bruce appointed
director
2025-10-16
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CLUGSTON, Natasha resigned
director
2025-10-16
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HERD, Nicole resigned
director
2024-09-30
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accounts · AA
2024-04-20
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2024-04-20
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2024-04-18
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MANSON, Nicola appointed
director
2024-04-18
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WEBSTER, Maureen appointed
director
2024-01-27
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2024-01-27
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2024-01-25
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MCKEOWN, Andrew James resigned
director
2024-01-24
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CLUGSTON, Natasha appointed
director
2024-01-24
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HERD, Nicole appointed
director
2024-01-24
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MCKEOWN, Faye Louise resigned
director
2023-10-27
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2023-10-26
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CAMPBELL, Lillian resigned
director
2023-10-26
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MCKEOWN, Andrew James appointed
director
2023-10-26
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MCKEOWN, Faye Louise appointed
director
2023-08-17
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accounts · AA
2023-06-19
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2023-06-19
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2023-06-19
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2023-06-19
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2023-03-31
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BENNETT, Christina resigned
secretary
2023-03-31
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BENNETT, Christina resigned
director
2023-03-31
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MILLER, Siobhan resigned
director
2022-12-31
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HERD, Nicole resigned
secretary
2022-12-31
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HERD, Nicole resigned
director
2022-10-31
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ROBSON, Ellen Andrew Miller resigned
director
2021-11-18
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STRONACH, Gary appointed
director
2021-06-02
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BENNETT, Christina appointed
secretary
2021-05-28
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MILLER, Siobhan appointed
director
2021-04-28
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MACGILL, Bertha Wilma resigned
director
2017-05-01
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MACKENZIE, Isabel Jane appointed
director
2017-03-02
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HERD, Nicole appointed
secretary
2017-03-02
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MANSON, James Alexander resigned
director
2017-01-10
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BENNETT, Christina appointed
director
2017-01-10
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HAYLEY, Russell resigned
director

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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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.

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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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 ·

3 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

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

Evidence: CLUGSTON, Natasha resigned 2025-10-16; HERD, Nicole resigned 2025-10-16; WEBSTER, Maureen resigned 2026-03-31

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2006-04-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Westhouse

Westfield

Thurso

Caithness

KW14 7QN

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-13

Last: 2026-03-30