THE CLAN MACINTYRE TRUST

🌳Matureactive

SC346619 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2008-08-05

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 Aug 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Cultural education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). 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

14 officers (5 active, 14 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

62 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

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Average employees	500	600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2025-05-14
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accounts · AA
2024-05-30
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officers · TM01
2024-05-26
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MCINTYRE, John resigned
director
2024-05-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-13
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officers · TM01
2023-10-06
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MCINTYRE, Martin, Dr resigned
director
2023-08-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-18
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officers · TM01
2023-08-18
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officers · AP03
2023-08-18
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-08-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-30
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-05-30
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accounts · AA
2022-01-01
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BICHENER, Valerie Jane appointed
secretary
2021-12-31
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MACINTYRE, Alison Joyce resigned
secretary
2021-12-31
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MACINTYRE, Alison Joyce resigned
director
2021-12-31
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THOW, Mary resigned
director
2021-08-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-20
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address · AD01
2020-01-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-01-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-15
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MCINTYRE, Colin resigned
director
2019-04-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-08-06
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BICHENER, Valerie Jane appointed
director
2017-08-06
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WRIGHT, Cass appointed
director
2017-04-08
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MCINTYRE, Gregor Duncan resigned
director
2013-07-26
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MCINTYRE, Mike Joseph resigned
director
2013-02-23
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MACINTYRE, Alison Joyce appointed
secretary
2013-02-23
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THOW, Mary resigned
secretary
2013-02-23
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MACINTYRE, Alison Joyce appointed
director
2013-02-23
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MCINTYRE, Gregor Duncan appointed
director
2011-08-31
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MCINTYRE, Mike Joseph appointed
director
2011-08-06
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MCINTYRE, Bruce Finlayson appointed
director
2008-08-05
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Company incorporated
As THE CLAN MACINTYRE TRUST
2008-08-05
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MCINTYRE, Archibald Duncan Ogilvie appointed
director
2008-08-05
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THOW, Mary appointed
secretary
2008-08-05
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MCINTYRE, Colin appointed
director
2008-08-05
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MCINTYRE, John appointed
director
2008-08-05
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MCINTYRE, Martin, Dr appointed
director
2008-08-05
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THOW, Mary appointed
director

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

-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 86 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 86 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.)

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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CO-ROINN GHAIDHLIG MHUILE AGUS IDHE (MULL & IONA GAELIC PARTNERSHIP)→ SC280109 · est 2005 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	21y	81	80y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2008-08-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85520 — Cultural education

Registered office

Birch Cottage

Barcaldine

Oban

PA37 1SG

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-30

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-19

Last: 2025-08-05