ARDRISHAIG COMMUNITY TRUST

🌳Matureactive

SC344641 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2008-06-19

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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year to Oct 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

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 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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

28 officers (7 active, 28 linked, 23 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

102 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Average employees	900	700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (66 events)Click to expand

2025-12-04
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2025-11-24
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GURR, John Michael appointed
director
2025-09-03
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officers · TM01
2025-08-23
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BARCLAY, Arthur resigned
director
2025-06-26
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accounts · AA
2024-11-19
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officers · TM01
2024-11-18
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NICOL, George Hamish, Mr. resigned
director
2024-09-20
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officers · AP01
2024-09-17
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CAMPBELL, Lorraine Jane appointed
director
2024-07-30
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accounts · AA
2023-06-15
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accounts · AA
2022-10-14
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accounts · AA
2022-07-21
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accounts · AA01
2021-07-30
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accounts · AA
2020-10-30
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accounts · AA
2019-08-21
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accounts · AA
2019-01-15
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address · AD01
2018-07-16
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accounts · AA
2018-07-10
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officers · TM01
2018-07-10
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officers · TM01
2018-06-27
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BOWE, Ronald Allan resigned
director
2018-06-27
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MACINNES, Ronald Stuart resigned
director
2017-05-10
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INGLIS, David Alexander resigned
director
2017-01-11
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GORRIE, Lynn appointed
director
2016-04-20
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QUARTON, James Edward Maclean resigned
director
2015-06-10
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NICOL, George Hamish resigned
secretary
2015-05-13
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BROADFOOT, Duncan Collins appointed
secretary
2015-05-07
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HAY-THORBURN, David resigned
director
2015-05-07
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MACINNES, Ronald Stuart appointed
director
2014-06-12
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QUARTON, James Edward Maclean appointed
director
2013-12-11
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HEWITT, David Frederick resigned
director
2013-04-24
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BOWE, Ronald Allan appointed
director
2012-11-01
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NICOL, George Hamish appointed
secretary
2012-10-31
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HOGBIN, Peter Kenneth resigned
secretary
2012-02-16
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MCINNES, Gillian resigned
director
2012-02-08
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BROADFOOT, Duncan Collins appointed
director
2012-02-08
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BARCLAY, Arthur appointed
director
2012-02-08
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CLARK, David resigned
director
2012-02-08
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NICOL, George Hamish, Mr. appointed
director
2011-02-09
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CLARK, David appointed
director
2011-02-08
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NICOL, George Hamish, Mr. resigned
director
2010-10-31
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MCLEOD, Donald resigned
director
2009-12-30
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QUELCH, Linda appointed
director
2009-12-03
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HOGBIN, Peter Kenneth appointed
secretary
2009-12-03
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MCINNES, Gillian resigned
secretary
2009-11-17
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HAY-THORBURN, David appointed
director
2009-11-17
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HOGBIN, Peter Kenneth resigned
director
2009-11-17
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INGLIS, David Alexander appointed
director
2009-11-17
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MCINNES, Gillian appointed
director
2009-11-17
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MCMILLAN, Donald Alexander 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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — 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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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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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

Incorporated2008-06-19

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

The Old Surgery

School Road

Tarbert

Argyll

PA29 6UL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-30

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-03

Last: 2025-06-19