HEBRIDEAN CONNECTIONS

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SC398993 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2011-05-06
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£9.0k
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 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). 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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
32 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £8,978
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,046 YoY
Cash YoY
-22%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£7k
↓ 22% YoY
Net Worth
£9k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↓ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£2k£5k£7k£9k£11kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£9.0k£11.0k
Current assets£9.5k£11.3k
Cash£7.1k£9.1k
Debtors£2.4k£2.2k
Net assets£9.0k£11.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-29
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  5. 2023-05-06
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  6. 2022-04-25
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2020-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-03-05
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  12. 2017-03-01
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-03-03
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-05-27
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2011-05-06
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    Company incorporated
    As HEBRIDEAN CONNECTIONS
  17. 2011-05-06
    ➕
    MACSWEEN, Annie appointed
    secretary
  18. 2011-05-06
    ➕
    MACARTHUR, Iain appointed
    director
  19. 2011-05-06
    ➕
    MACKAY, Ian appointed
    director
  20. 2011-05-06
    ➕
    MACSWEEN, Annie appointed
    director
  21. 2011-05-06
    ➕
    MORRISON, Donald 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
  • -4 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 78 — 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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2011-05-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

Ravenspoint
Kershader
Isle Of Lewis
HS2 9QA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-20
Last: 2026-05-06

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

MACSWEEN, Annie→
secretary · appointed 2011-05-06
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Active
MACARTHUR, Iain→
director · ~76y · appointed 2011-05-06
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Active
MACKAY, Ian→
director · ~68y · appointed 2011-05-06
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Active
MACSWEEN, Annie→
director · ~77y · appointed 2011-05-06
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Active
MORRISON, Donald→
director · ~78y · appointed 2011-05-06
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Active

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Recent filings (32 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-15