THE ARRAN TRUST

🌳Matureactive

SC392051 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2011-01-24

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£18.1k

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

Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

11 officers (8 active, 11 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

46 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £18,050

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£18k

Net Worth

£18k

Current Assets

£18k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31
Total assets	£18.1k
Current assets	£18.1k
Cash	£18.1k
Net assets	£18.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-02-05
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address · AD01
2025-12-12
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accounts · AA
2025-04-22
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officers · AP01
2025-02-26
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MCKINNON, Ewan Alexander appointed
director
2025-01-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-13
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officers · AP01
2024-05-07
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officers · TM01
2024-05-07
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officers · TM01
2024-05-02
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SAMSON, Kate appointed
director
2024-03-31
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CURRIE, Margaret Macbride resigned
director
2024-03-31
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MURDO, Henry Marshall resigned
director
2023-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-22
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SMALL, Richard resigned
director
2022-01-26
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-01
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TRAILL, Christopher William Baird appointed
director
2020-09-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2013-04-15
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ELLIOT-WALKER, Angela appointed
director
2013-04-15
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CURRIE, Margaret Macbride appointed
director
2013-04-15
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MURDO, Henry Marshall appointed
director
2013-04-15
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SMALL, Richard appointed
director
2011-01-24
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Company incorporated
As THE ARRAN TRUST
2011-01-24
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TRACEY, Tom appointed
secretary
2011-01-24
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BONE, Kenneth James appointed
director
2011-01-24
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TRACEY, Tom appointed
director
2011-01-24
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WAINE, Robert Charles 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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Sheila Wood Gilmore Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1963 · age 63	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2011-01-24

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

Visitarran, Arran Active

Brodick

Isle Of Arran

North Ayrshire

KA27 8AJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-07

Last: 2026-01-24