MACDOUGALL OF DUNOLLIE PRESERVATION TRUST

🌳Matureactive

SC184105 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1998-03-24

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

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Museum activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). 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

31 officers (6 active, 31 linked, 28 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

126 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

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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
Total assets	—	£777.8k
Current assets	—	£146.0k
Cash	—	£127.6k
Debtors	—	£3.3k
Net assets	—	£648.4k
Average employees	10	—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (77 events)Click to expand

2026-02-19
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MORLEY, Morag Macdougal resigned
director
2026-02-19
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officers · TM01
2025-11-21
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accounts · AA
2025-08-28
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ROBERTSON, Michael John resigned
secretary
2025-08-28
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officers · AP01
2025-08-28
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officers · TM02
2025-08-28
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officers · TM01
2025-08-19
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MACKENZIE, Ann resigned
director
2025-08-15
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STONE, Lesley Agnes appointed
director
2025-05-12
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officers · TM01
2025-05-12
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officers · TM01
2025-03-20
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HILL, Anthony George resigned
director
2025-02-25
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RUSHMORE, Catherine Lucy, Dr resigned
director
2024-10-14
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accounts · AA
2024-10-09
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officers · TM01
2024-10-01
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EVANS, Carol Ann resigned
director
2024-01-19
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officers · TM01
2024-01-17
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2024-01-17
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2024-01-16
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2024-01-01
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YOUNG, Eilidh Sara resigned
director
2023-12-07
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MACKENZIE, Ann appointed
director
2023-12-07
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ROBERTSON, Michael John resigned
director
2023-12-07
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RUSHMORE, Catherine Lucy, Dr appointed
director
2023-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-16
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officers · TM01
2023-03-16
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2023-03-16
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2022-12-15
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MACKINNON, Eleanor appointed
director
2022-12-15
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MACDOUGALL, Colin Ross resigned
director
2022-12-15
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WILSON, John Richard Knight resigned
director
2022-10-18
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accounts · AA
2022-02-03
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officers · AP01
2022-02-03
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2022-01-27
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HILL, Anthony George appointed
director
2022-01-27
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YOUNG, Eilidh Sara appointed
director
2020-12-03
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MCCUISH, Sharon Catherine Mary resigned
director
2019-10-24
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ROBERTSON, Michael John appointed
director
2019-10-24
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WILSON, John Richard Knight appointed
director
2019-03-05
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LANGFORD, Colin David resigned
director
2018-08-21
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NEIL, Shona resigned
director
2017-07-27
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MULQUEEN, Jayne Abigail appointed
director
2017-07-27
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LANGFORD, Colin David appointed
director
2017-07-27
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MCCUISH, Sharon Catherine Mary appointed
director
2017-07-27
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MUDIE, David Goodall resigned
director
2017-07-27
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NEIL, Shona appointed
director
2017-03-06
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PETRIE, Martin Boswell appointed
director
2016-11-01
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OATTS, Alasdair Henry James resigned
director
2016-08-04
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MORLEY, Robin Hamish Macdougall resigned
director
2015-10-13
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MACDOUGALL, Colin Ross appointed
director

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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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

3 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: ROBERTSON, Michael John resigned 2025-08-28; MACKENZIE, Ann resigned 2025-08-19; MORLEY, Morag Macdougal resigned 2026-02-19

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1998-03-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC91020 — Museum activities

Registered office

21 Argyll Square Ainsley Smith & Co Ltd

Argyll Square

Oban

Pa34 4at

PA34 4AT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-29

Last: 2026-03-15