MADE IN ULLAPOOL COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

🌳Matureactive

SC394929 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2011-03-07

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

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Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 23990

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

47789Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
96090Other service activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

36 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-10-31
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2024-10-23
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2023-10-27
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2022-10-31
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2021-10-28
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2021-01-29
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2019-10-29
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accounts · AA
2019-10-21
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officers · TM01
2019-10-10
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MACLEOD-CHIARINI, Fiona Mairi resigned
director
2018-10-30
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accounts · AA
2017-10-26
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accounts · AA
2016-10-31
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accounts · AA
2016-03-07
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annual-return · AR01
2015-10-27
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accounts · AA
2015-03-07
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annual-return · AR01
2014-10-20
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accounts · AA
2013-03-31
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CHARITY, Ceilia Josephine resigned
director
2013-01-01
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HARTLEY, Tina resigned
secretary
2012-01-19
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DAVIDSON, Frances Elspeth resigned
director
2011-03-07
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Company incorporated
As MADE IN ULLAPOOL COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
2011-03-07
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BENNETT, Anthony William appointed
director
2011-03-07
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BUTLER, Lesley Mary appointed
director
2011-03-07
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HARTLEY, Tina appointed
secretary
2011-03-07
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CHARITY, Ceilia Josephine appointed
director
2011-03-07
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DAVIDSON, Frances Elspeth appointed
director
2011-03-07
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MACLEOD-CHIARINI, Fiona Mairi appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Tony William Bennett Individual · British · DOB 05/1956 · age 70	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest	01/01/2017

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

Incorporated2011-03-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC23990 — SIC 23990

Registered office

3 West Shore Street

Ullapool

Ross-Shire

IV26 2UR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-21

Last: 2026-03-07

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BENNETT, Anthony William→

director · ~70y · appointed 2011-03-07

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Active

BUTLER, Lesley Mary→

director · ~67y · appointed 2011-03-07

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Active

HARTLEY, Tina→

secretary · appointed 2011-03-07 · resigned 2013-01-01

Resigned

CHARITY, Ceilia Josephine→

director · ~73y · appointed 2011-03-07 · resigned 2013-03-31

Resigned

DAVIDSON, Frances Elspeth→

director · ~73y · appointed 2011-03-07 · resigned 2012-01-19

Resigned

MACLEOD-CHIARINI, Fiona Mairi→

director · ~45y · appointed 2011-03-07 · resigned 2019-10-10

Resigned

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