DUNOON & COWAL HERITAGE TRUST

🌳Matureactive

SC137003 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1992-03-06

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£51.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), 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 (71/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

20 officers (5 active, 20 linked, 18 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

111 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £51,256

Net assets shrinking

Down £6,537 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£48k

Net Worth

£51k

↓ 11% YoY

Current Assets

£52k

↓ 11% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£51.3k	£57.8k
Current assets	£52.2k	£58.5k
Cash	£48.1k	—
Debtors	£2.0k	—
Net assets	£51.3k	£57.8k

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

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2 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (53 events)Click to expand

2026-03-09
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officers · TM01
2026-03-05
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MURRAY, Graeme Stevenson resigned
director
2025-12-16
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accounts · AA
2025-11-30
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officers · AP01
2025-11-13
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READ, Susan Jane, Dr. appointed
director
2025-08-25
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officers · AP01
2025-08-22
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KIRBY, Deborah appointed
director
2024-12-19
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accounts · AA
2023-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-17
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officers · AP01
2023-04-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-30
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DARKINS, Derek appointed
director
2023-03-30
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CROUCHER, Lorna resigned
director
2022-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
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accounts · AA
2021-04-14
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address · AD01
2020-12-19
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accounts · AA
2020-01-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-13
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officers · AP01
2019-08-22
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MURRAY, Graeme Stevenson appointed
director
2019-04-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2018-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-06-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-06-19
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CROUCHER, Lorna appointed
director
2018-06-19
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DISSELDUFF, Grahamie Margaret resigned
director
2018-06-19
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MCDIARMID, Donald resigned
director
2016-12-31
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MCVICAR, Margaret resigned
secretary
2016-12-31
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MCVICAR, Margaret resigned
director
2016-03-21
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MACINTOSH PATERSON, Mary resigned
director
2016-03-01
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ALLAN, Katharine Morag resigned
director
2015-04-21
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MCEWEN, Dina Isabella resigned
director
2015-02-03
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HUBBARD, Margaret appointed
director
2015-02-03
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MACDONALD, Euan Joseph appointed
director
2009-10-01
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MCVICAR, Margaret appointed
director
2009-07-31
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MCVICAR, Margaret appointed
secretary
2009-07-31
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TURNER, Mary Elizabeth Mackay resigned
secretary
2009-07-31
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MCEWEN, Dina Isabella appointed
director
2008-04-01
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WHITE, Margaret resigned
director
1999-02-09
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WHITE, Margaret appointed
director
1999-01-02
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BENNETT, Josephine Marguerite resigned
director
1998-05-26
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ALLAN, Katharine Morag appointed
director
1998-05-26
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MCDIARMID, Donald appointed
director
1998-04-06
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STIRLING, John Anderson resigned
director
1998-04-01
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PITTMAN, Philip resigned
director
1995-11-15
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ALLAN, Arthur Lang resigned
director
1993-11-28
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PITTMAN, Philip appointed
director
1993-11-28
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STIRLING, John Anderson appointed
director
1993-10-28
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BENNETT, Josephine Marguerite appointed
director
1993-10-28
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DISSELDUFF, Grahamie Margaret appointed
director
1992-03-06
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Company incorporated
As DUNOON & COWAL HERITAGE TRUST

Showing most recent 50 of 53 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

Incorporated1992-03-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC91030 — Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions

Registered office

82 Argyll Street

Dunoon

PA23 7NJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-20

Last: 2026-03-06