LEWIS ISLAND CROFTERS, LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC012900 · ltd · incorporated 1923-11-14
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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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£132.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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 (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
95 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £132,567

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£133k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£159k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£32k£64k£96k£128k£159kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£132.6k£118.0k
Current assets£159.5k£134.7k
Net assets£132.6k£118.0k

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
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Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2025-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-11
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  7. 2021-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2018-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2018-05-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2018-04-16
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    BREMNER, Myles Ironside appointed
    director
  15. 2018-03-14
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    BREMNER, Andrew Ironside resigned
    director
  16. 2017-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-01-25
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    FRASER, Simon Andrew resigned
    secretary
  18. 1923-11-14
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    Company incorporated
    As LEWIS ISLAND CROFTERS, LIMITED

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 102 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Geoffrey Stuart Ironside Bremner
Individual · British · DOB 11/1941 · age 85
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest06/04/2016
Mr Myles Ironside Bremner
Individual · British · DOB 11/1971 · age 55
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest16/04/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Andrew Ironside Bremnerceased 14/03/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1923-11-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Old Bank Of Scotland Buildings
Stornoway
Isle Of Lewis
HS1 2BG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-02
Last: 2025-08-19

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BREMNER, Geoffrey Stuart Ironside→
director · ~85y
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Active
BREMNER, Myles Ironside→
director · ~55y · appointed 2018-04-16
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Active
FRASER, Simon Andrew→
secretary · resigned 2016-01-25
Resigned
BREMNER, Andrew Ironside→
director · ~82y · resigned 2018-03-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (95 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-13
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2022-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-03