TAIGH CHEARSABHAGH TRUST

🌳Matureactive

SC147689 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1993-11-25

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

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Day-to-day, this Scottish Gaelic arts and heritage trust operates a cultural facility and museum on the Isle of North Uist, likely running gallery exhibitions, community arts programmes, and museum activities celebrating local history and island culture.

Primary activity: Operation of arts facilities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

91020Museum activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). 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, 2 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

98 officers (9 active, 98 linked, 92 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

269 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	8	900

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (210 events)Click to expand

2025-12-17
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2025-10-16
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2025-10-10
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DANIEL, Geoffrey Peter resigned
director
2025-09-30
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2025-09-29
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2025-09-29
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2025-07-22
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DRUMMIE, Tara appointed
director
2025-07-22
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MACCUISH, Mairi Dolina appointed
director
2025-07-22
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MCINTYRE, Keith Thomas, Professor appointed
director
2024-12-11
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accounts · AA
2024-08-21
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2024-07-24
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FORBES, Helen appointed
director
2024-07-20
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2024-07-08
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KIPPIN, John Cecil resigned
director
2024-07-08
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2024-06-17
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2024-06-17
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2024-05-31
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DAWSON, Keith James, Dr resigned
director
2024-05-31
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MACNAB, Angus John Macdonald resigned
director
2024-05-20
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MACDONALD, Rona appointed
director
2024-05-20
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ROBINSON, Sarah Kate appointed
director
2024-05-15
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2024-04-15
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STEVENSON, Anna-Wendy resigned
director
2024-01-31
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2024-01-10
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2024-01-10
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2023-12-19
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2023-12-04
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BURRY-HAYES, Sarah Marie resigned
director
2023-10-26
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MACLEAN, Archibald resigned
director
2023-07-31
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2023-07-31
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2023-07-07
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2023-07-07
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2023-07-07
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2023-05-19
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GILBERT, Joyce resigned
director
2023-04-27
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DANIEL, Geoffrey Peter appointed
director
2023-04-27
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DURIE, Emily resigned
director
2023-04-27
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KIPPIN, John Cecil appointed
director
2023-04-27
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STEELE, Chloe resigned
director
2022-12-18
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GAITENS, Josie Ann Bena Maltinsky resigned
director
2022-10-25
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CURRIE, Alexis Stanislaus appointed
director
2022-07-01
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DURIE, Emily appointed
director
2022-03-04
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GORDON, Iain Andrew appointed
secretary
2021-10-14
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STEELE, Chloe appointed
director
2021-10-14
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STEVENSON, Anna-Wendy appointed
director
2021-07-05
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BURRY-HAYES, Sarah Marie appointed
director
2021-07-05
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BURRY-HAYES, Sarah Marie resigned
director
2021-07-01
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DAWSON, Keith James, Dr appointed
director
2021-07-01
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GILBERT, Joyce appointed
director

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Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

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

Incorporated1993-11-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC90040 — Operation of arts facilities

Registered office

Taigh Chearsabhagh

Lochmaddy

Isle Of North Uist

HS6 5AA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-24

Last: 2025-11-10