ROUSAY, EGILSAY AND WYRE DEVELOPMENT TRUST

🌳Matureactive

SC318527 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2007-03-14

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

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not disclosed

Net worth

—

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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

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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (49/100)

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

65 officers (12 active, 65 linked, 63 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

205 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

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (140 events)Click to expand

2026-03-18
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officers · AP01
2026-03-17
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MAINLAND, Grant Leslie appointed
director
2026-03-17
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MAINLAND, Grant resigned
director
2026-03-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-06-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-31
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CROFT, Lisa Kuulei appointed
director
2025-05-31
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HENDERSON, Joy appointed
director
2025-04-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-31
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AKID, Julie Anne resigned
director
2025-01-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-06-12
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-05-28
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-05-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-25
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MAINLAND, Hugh Malcolm Mccallum resigned
director
2024-03-12
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-31
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2024-01-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-05-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-20
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AKID, Julie Anne appointed
director
2023-03-09
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2023-01-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-19
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-12-19
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-08
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FOULDS, Sarah Ann resigned
director
2022-08-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-11
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-05-28
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MAINLAND, Grant appointed
director
2022-05-28
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MAINLAND, Hugh Malcolm Mccallum appointed
director
2022-05-28
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TUNBRIDGE, Carolyne resigned
director
2021-02-27
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FLAWS, Callum Magnus appointed
director
2021-02-27
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SHORTLAND, Eric Reginald John appointed
director
2021-02-27
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TIPPER, Richard appointed
director
2021-02-27
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FOULDS, Sarah Ann appointed
director
2021-02-27
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GARSON, John Gibson resigned
director
2020-03-17
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MILNER, Bryan resigned
director
2020-03-09
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GRIEVE, Shelagh resigned
director
2020-02-28
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DAINTITH, Clare Theresa resigned
director
2020-01-06
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ROEBUCK, Peter appointed
director
2019-11-30
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COX, Christina resigned
director
2019-11-30
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FLAWS, James Angus resigned
director
2019-11-30
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GRIEVE, Shelagh appointed
director
2019-11-30
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SHORTLAND, Eric Reginald John resigned
director
2019-08-14
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TUNBRIDGE, Carolyne appointed
director
2019-02-08
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BYLAND, Hilary Janet resigned
director
2018-11-21
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FLAWS, James Angus appointed
director
2018-11-10
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MAINLAND, Alison appointed
director
2018-11-10
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DAINTITH, Clare Theresa appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 140 events

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

-11 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
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

Incorporated2007-03-14

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

The Cabin Pier

Brinian

Rousay

Orkney

KW17 2PU

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-22

Last: 2026-03-08