KYLE & LOCHALSH TRADING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC478979 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-02

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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

13 officers (2 active, 13 linked, 12 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

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand

2026-04-28
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2025-04-29
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accounts · AA
2025-04-29
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officers · TM01
2024-07-12
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WELLINGS, Fiona Sylvia resigned
director
2024-04-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
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accounts · AA
2022-07-06
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officers · AP01
2022-06-24
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MORGAN, Gareth Macdonald appointed
director
2022-04-21
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accounts · AA
2022-01-14
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officers · AP01
2022-01-14
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officers · AP01
2022-01-14
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officers · TM01
2022-01-14
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officers · TM01
2022-01-14
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officers · TM01
2022-01-14
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officers · TM01
2022-01-10
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BYRNE, Margaret Anne appointed
director
2022-01-10
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FINLAYSON, Donald Charles resigned
director
2022-01-10
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FINLAYSON, Norman resigned
director
2022-01-10
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MACRAE, Murdo resigned
director
2022-01-10
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MURPHY, Marie Alice resigned
director
2022-01-10
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WELLINGS, Fiona Sylvia appointed
director
2021-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2020-07-27
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officers · TM01
2020-07-25
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HENDERSON, Michael Donald resigned
director
2020-07-10
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officers · TM02
2020-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2019-05-21
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EASTER, Brian Paul resigned
secretary
2019-04-03
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REILLY, Trevor Alexander resigned
director
2019-03-29
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BALFOUR PAUL, Hugh resigned
director
2018-12-04
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MACRAE, Murdo appointed
director
2018-10-03
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FINLAYSON, Norman appointed
director
2018-10-03
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HENDERSON, Michael Donald appointed
director
2018-10-03
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REILLY, Trevor Alexander appointed
director
2017-10-24
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WILSON, Robert William James resigned
director
2017-01-27
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BALFOUR PAUL, Hugh appointed
director
2017-01-27
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FINLAYSON, Donald Charles appointed
director
2017-01-27
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MURPHY, Marie Alice appointed
director
2016-12-17
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BEGG, Fiona resigned
director
2014-06-02
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Company incorporated
As KYLE & LOCHALSH TRADING LIMITED
2014-06-02
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EASTER, Brian Paul appointed
secretary
2014-06-02
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BEGG, Fiona appointed
director
2014-06-02
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WILSON, Robert William James 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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Kyle & Lochalsh Community Trust is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Kyle & Lochalsh Community Trust

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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KYLE & LOCHALSH TRADING LIMITED

This company · SC478979

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Kyle & Lochalsh Community Trust Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	02/06/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2014-06-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Toll Office

Kyle

Kyle Of Lochalsh

IV40 8AZ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-16

Last: 2025-06-02

Officers (2 active · 11 resigned)

BYRNE, Margaret Anne→

director · ~71y · appointed 2022-01-10

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MORGAN, Gareth Macdonald→

director · ~60y · appointed 2022-06-24

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

EASTER, Brian Paul→

secretary · appointed 2014-06-02 · resigned 2019-05-21

Resigned

BALFOUR PAUL, Hugh→

director · ~71y · appointed 2017-01-27 · resigned 2019-03-29

Resigned

BEGG, Fiona→

director · ~69y · appointed 2014-06-02 · resigned 2016-12-17

Resigned

FINLAYSON, Donald Charles→

director · ~73y · appointed 2017-01-27 · resigned 2022-01-10

Resigned

FINLAYSON, Norman→

director · ~72y · appointed 2018-10-03 · resigned 2022-01-10

Resigned

HENDERSON, Michael Donald→

director · ~66y · appointed 2018-10-03 · resigned 2020-07-25

Resigned

MACRAE, Murdo→

director · ~55y · appointed 2018-12-04 · resigned 2022-01-10

Resigned

MURPHY, Marie Alice→

director · ~56y · appointed 2017-01-27 · resigned 2022-01-10

Resigned

REILLY, Trevor Alexander→

director · ~66y · appointed 2018-10-03 · resigned 2019-04-03

Resigned

WELLINGS, Fiona Sylvia→

director · ~61y · appointed 2022-01-10 · resigned 2024-07-12

Resigned

WILSON, Robert William James→

director · ~38y · appointed 2014-06-02 · resigned 2017-10-24

Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2026-04-28

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-04-29

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-04-29

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2024-04-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-05-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-07-11

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2022-07-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-04-21

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2022-01-14

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2022-01-14

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-01-14

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-01-14