FRIENDS OF LOCHLEE KIRK

🌳Matureactive

SC371315 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2010-01-18

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

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 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

14 officers (7 active, 14 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

55 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 · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	8	800

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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2026-01-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-25
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SKENE, Susan Mary resigned
director
2025-09-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-28
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HENDERSON, Anna-Karina appointed
director
2025-01-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-21
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J & H MITCHELL WS resigned
corporate-secretary
2024-11-21
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-11-21
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-24
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GUTHRIE, Sandra Willoughby resigned
director
2022-08-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-24
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change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2020-10-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2015-12-18
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LITTLEJOHN, Michael Henry appointed
director
2015-12-18
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GRAY, Heather resigned
director
2015-03-28
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JARVIS, Margaret Susan, Dr appointed
director
2015-03-28
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JARVIS, Margaret Susan, Dr resigned
director
2012-07-16
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LYALL, Norma appointed
director
2012-07-16
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GRAY, Heather appointed
director
2012-07-16
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LITTLEJOHN, Michael Henry resigned
director
2012-07-16
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LOWDEN, Agnes Crabb resigned
director
2010-01-18
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Company incorporated
As FRIENDS OF LOCHLEE KIRK
2010-01-18
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LITTLEJOHN, Anne Elizabeth appointed
director
2010-01-18
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NICOL, Nicola Jane appointed
director
2010-01-18
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PATERSON, David Scott appointed
director
2010-01-18
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WELSH, Valerie Margaret appointed
director
2010-01-18
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J & H MITCHELL WS appointed
corporate-secretary
2010-01-18
➕
GUTHRIE, Sandra Willoughby appointed
director
2010-01-18
➕
LITTLEJOHN, Michael Henry appointed
director
2010-01-18
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LOWDEN, Agnes Crabb appointed
director
2010-01-18
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SKENE, Susan 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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2010-01-18

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

Auchronie

Glenesk

Brechin

DD9 7YZ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-01

Last: 2026-01-18