GALLOWAY NATURE AND HERITAGE TRUST

🌳Matureactive

SC300300 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2006-04-05

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

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Environmental consulting activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (46/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

67 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2025-12-08
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accounts · AA
2025-04-30
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accounts · AA
2024-02-21
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officers · TM01
2024-02-06
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officers · CH01
2024-02-06
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officers · CH01
2024-01-31
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accounts · AA
2023-01-30
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accounts · AA
2022-12-17
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HUNJAN, Kamaljeet Singh appointed
director
2022-12-17
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officers · AP01
2022-12-08
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BALANI, Aikaterini resigned
director
2022-12-08
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officers · TM01
2022-02-02
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accounts · AA
2022-01-12
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GIBSON, Timothy Alexander Scott resigned
director
2021-12-15
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ORCHEL, Katharine Anne, Dr appointed
director
2021-12-15
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officers · AP01
2021-02-28
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BALANI, Aikaterini appointed
director
2021-02-28
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officers · AP01
2021-02-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-02-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-10
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FRASER, James Baillie resigned
director
2020-01-28
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address · AD01
2020-01-27
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accounts · AA
2019-01-24
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accounts · AA
2011-06-26
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RIXON, Murray John resigned
director
2009-02-28
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EMERSON, Robert James Williams appointed
director
2009-02-28
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FRASER, James Baillie appointed
director
2009-02-28
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GIBSON, Timothy Alexander Scott appointed
director
2009-02-28
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GREENAWAY, Thomas resigned
director
2009-02-28
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RIXON, Murray John appointed
director
2009-02-28
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SHAW, Jean resigned
director
2007-04-15
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SHAW, Jean appointed
director
2006-04-05
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Company incorporated
As GALLOWAY NATURE AND HERITAGE TRUST
2006-04-05
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EMERSON, Martin appointed
secretary
2006-04-05
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ORCHEL, Jacek Henryk appointed
director
2006-04-05
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GREENAWAY, Thomas appointed
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

-4 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 81 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ORCHEL, Katharine Anne, Dr (same surname) appointed 2021-12-15. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

Incorporated2006-04-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74901 — Environmental consulting activities

Registered office

44 King Street

Newton Stewart

DG8 6DQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-19

Last: 2026-04-05