KOLKATA SCOTTISH HERITAGE TRUST

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SC344642 · 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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees00

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-01
    ➕
    CHAKRABORTY, Mridula, Dr appointed
    director
  7. 2022-07-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-06-28
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    STEIN, Ian Hugh Campbell resigned
    director
  9. 2022-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-07-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2021-07-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2021-06-23
    ➕
    BUDDLE, Elizabeth Anne, Dr appointed
    director
  13. 2021-06-23
    ➖
    GUEST, Elizabeth Else resigned
    director
  14. 2021-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-04-06
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  16. 2020-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-07-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  20. 2017-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2013-06-20
    ➖
    EATHORNE, Geoffrey, Professor resigned
    director
  22. 2008-06-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As KOLKATA SCOTTISH HERITAGE TRUST
  23. 2008-06-19
    ➕
    LINDSAYS LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2008-06-19
    ➕
    BRUCE, Charles Edward appointed
    director
  25. 2008-06-19
    ➕
    FRASER, Bashabi, Professor appointed
    director
  26. 2008-06-19
    ➕
    EATHORNE, Geoffrey, Professor appointed
    director
  27. 2008-06-19
    ➕
    GUEST, Elizabeth Else appointed
    director
  28. 2008-06-19
    ➕
    STEIN, Ian Hugh Campbell 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
Incorporated2008-06-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC91030 — Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions

Registered office

Caledonian Exchange
19a Canning Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8HE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-03
Last: 2025-06-19

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

LINDSAYS LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-06-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRUCE, Charles Edward→
director · ~65y · appointed 2008-06-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUDDLE, Elizabeth Anne, Dr→
director · ~75y · appointed 2021-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHAKRABORTY, Mridula, Dr→
director · ~79y · appointed 2022-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FRASER, Bashabi, Professor→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-06-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EATHORNE, Geoffrey, Professor→
director · ~86y · appointed 2008-06-19 · resigned 2013-06-20
Resigned
GUEST, Elizabeth Else→
director · ~85y · appointed 2008-06-19 · resigned 2021-06-23
Resigned
STEIN, Ian Hugh Campbell→
director · ~84y · appointed 2008-06-19 · resigned 2022-06-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-07-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-26