OUR POWER (CAIRNDOW) COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

🌳Matureactive
SC331067 · ltd · incorporated 2007-09-18
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 10.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02200
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 10.6y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
21 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-02
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  7. 2021-06-02
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    Charge satisfied #2
  8. 2021-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-10-21
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    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2016-10-19
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Sis (Community Finance) Limited
  15. 2015-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-09-30
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-09-18
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    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2015-09-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Airdrie Savings Bank
  19. 2011-08-30
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    MCKENZIE, David Joseph resigned
    director
  20. 2011-02-18
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    BARGE, Alastair Kenneth appointed
    director
  21. 2011-01-31
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    THOMSON, Steven John resigned
    director
  22. 2008-03-27
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    MCKENZIE, David Joseph appointed
    director
  23. 2007-09-18
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    Company incorporated
    As OUR POWER (CAIRNDOW) COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
  24. 2007-09-18
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    WATT, Lorna appointed
    secretary
  25. 2007-09-18
    ➕
    FOSTER, Roy Neil appointed
    director
  26. 2007-09-18
    ➕
    MACDONALD, John Scott appointed
    director
  27. 2007-09-18
    ➕
    NOBLE, Christina Campbell appointed
    director
  28. 2007-09-18
    ➕
    THOMSON, Steven John appointed
    director

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
  • -4 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 84 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

Here We Are is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Here We Are
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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OUR POWER (CAIRNDOW) COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
This company · SC331067

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Here We Are
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-09-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC02200 — SIC 02200

Registered office

Clachan
Cairndow
Argyll
Scotland
PA26 8BL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-02
Last: 2025-09-18

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

WATT, Lorna→
secretary · appointed 2007-09-18
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Active
BARGE, Alastair Kenneth→
director · ~69y · appointed 2011-02-18
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Active
FOSTER, Roy Neil→
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-09-18
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Active
MACDONALD, John Scott→
director · ~76y · appointed 2007-09-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NOBLE, Christina Campbell→
director · ~84y · appointed 2007-09-18
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Active
MCKENZIE, David Joseph→
director · ~83y · appointed 2008-03-27 · resigned 2011-08-30
Resigned
THOMSON, Steven John→
director · ~67y · appointed 2007-09-18 · resigned 2011-01-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Sis (Community Finance)
Sis (Community Finance) Limited
A registered charge—19/10/201602/06/2021
outstanding
Airdrie Savings Bank
A registered charge—14/09/2015—
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Recent filings (48 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-23