BADACHRO HARBOUR TRUST

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SC377796 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2010-04-30
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£7.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle 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 (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
36 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £7,845
Cash YoY
+30%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£7k
↑ 30% YoY
Net Worth
£8k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Assets
£7k
Current Liabilities
£0£2k£3k£5k£6k£8kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£7.8k£6.3k
Current assets£7.1k
Cash£6.8k£5.3k
Debtors£260
Net assets£7.8k£6.3k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-01-14
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  3. 2024-01-11
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  4. 2023-01-11
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  5. 2022-01-19
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  6. 2020-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-03-12
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    officers · TM01
  8. 2020-03-10
    MCLELLAN, Ewan Lindsey resigned
    director
  9. 2019-12-09
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-13
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  11. 2017-11-28
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  12. 2016-12-16
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  13. 2016-07-19
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  14. 2015-12-10
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  15. 2015-05-27
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  16. 2015-01-16
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  17. 2014-05-23
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  18. 2013-03-13
    MACDONALD, Sean appointed
    director
  19. 2013-03-13
    MCLELLAN, Ewan Lindsey appointed
    director
  20. 2010-04-30
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    Company incorporated
    As BADACHRO HARBOUR TRUST
  21. 2010-04-30
    ADAM, Robert Scott appointed
    director
  22. 2010-04-30
    GRAHAM, Iain Mackenzie appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 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 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
Incorporated2010-04-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

3 Clairmont Gardens
Glasgow
G3 7LW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-14
Last: 2025-04-30

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

ADAM, Robert Scott
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-04-30
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Active
GRAHAM, Iain Mackenzie
director · ~79y · appointed 2010-04-30
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Active
MACDONALD, Sean
director · ~59y · appointed 2013-03-13
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Active
MCLELLAN, Ewan Lindsey
director · ~55y · appointed 2013-03-13 · resigned 2020-03-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (36 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-09