CARBOST PIER

🌳Matureactive

SC323242 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2007-05-09

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 14.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£420.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 03110

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.4y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 14.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

19 officers (6 active, 19 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

87 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £420,547

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£421k

↑ 3.6% YoY

Current Assets

£20k

↓ 3.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£429.5k	£409.7k
Current assets	£20.4k	£21.1k
Net assets	£420.5k	£405.7k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (55 events)Click to expand

2026-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-15
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BOWDLER, David Martin resigned
director
2025-05-15
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WEBBER, Mark Richard resigned
director
2025-05-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-11
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-29
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-12-29
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-12-03
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HENRY, Malcolm appointed
secretary
2024-12-03
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EDDEN, Clifford Peter John resigned
secretary
2024-08-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-02
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WEBBER, Mark Richard appointed
director
2024-03-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-05
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HENRY, Malcolm Macintyre resigned
director
2023-11-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-07
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BOWDLER, David Martin appointed
director
2023-11-07
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EDDEN, Clifford Peter John resigned
director
2023-10-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-03
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FOX, Hannah Elizabeth appointed
director
2023-10-03
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CAMPBELL, Neil Norman Murray resigned
director
2023-08-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-03
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BAIN, Kenny Donald appointed
director
2022-05-03
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MILLER, Richard appointed
director
2022-05-03
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EDDEN, Clifford Peter John appointed
director
2021-12-07
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EDDEN, Clifford Peter John appointed
secretary
2021-12-07
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FOX, Steven resigned
secretary
2019-05-10
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MORRISON, Ian resigned
director
2014-05-06
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GREEN, Brian Thomas appointed
director
2014-05-06
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HENNESSY, Mark Dominic resigned
secretary
2014-05-06
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HENNESSY, Mark Dominic resigned
director
2013-02-07
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FOX, Steven appointed
secretary
2011-11-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Diageo Scotland Limited
2007-07-14
➕
MACSWEEN, Donald John appointed
director
2007-07-14
➕
HENNESSY, Mark Dominic appointed
secretary
2007-07-14
➕
CAMPBELL, Neil Norman Murray appointed
director
2007-07-14
➕
HENNESSY, Mark Dominic appointed
director
2007-07-14
➕
HENRY, Malcolm Macintyre appointed
director
2007-07-14
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MORRISON, Ian appointed
director
2007-05-09
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Company incorporated
As CARBOST PIER
2007-05-09
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary

Showing most recent 50 of 55 events

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

-5 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 74 — succession pressure is live.

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 74 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

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

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

Evidence: BOWDLER, David Martin resigned 2025-05-15; WEBBER, Mark Richard resigned 2025-05-15

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2007-05-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

Harbour Office Carbost Pier Ltd.

Harbour Office

Carbost

Isle Of Skye

IV47 8SR

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-22

Last: 2025-05-08