THE MORVERN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

🌳Matureactive
SC200325 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1999-09-28
Investment thesis
Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.
Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.
Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 10.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£2.13M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 10.1y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
68 officers (8 active, 68 linked, 64 with DOB)
89
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
200 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,126,773
Cash YoY
+406%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£614k
↑ 406% YoY
Net Worth
£2.1m
↑ 30% YoY
Current Assets
£663k
↑ 251% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£425k£851k£1.3m£1.7m£2.1mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£2.13M£1.70M
Current assets£662.7k£188.9k
Cash£614.5k£121.4k
Net assets£2.13M£1.64M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 resolution
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 resolution
  • 1 incorporation
  • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (157 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  2. 2025-12-19
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  3. 2025-12-04
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2025-12-04
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    Charge satisfied #3
  5. 2025-10-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-10-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-10-07
    RENDALL, Brian appointed
    director
  8. 2025-10-07
    JONES, Robert Maurice resigned
    director
  9. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2025-06-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2025-06-01
    WELSH, Miles John Donnelly appointed
    director
  12. 2024-12-17
    PENDER, Suzanne Mary appointed
    secretary
  13. 2024-12-17
    DOBROKHODOVA, Lilia resigned
    secretary
  14. 2024-12-17
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  15. 2024-12-17
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2024-12-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2024-12-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2024-12-04
    LAYTON, Susan resigned
    director
  19. 2024-12-03
    WELSH, Miles John Donnelly appointed
    director
  20. 2024-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2024-11-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2024-11-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  23. 2024-11-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  24. 2024-11-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  25. 2024-11-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  26. 2024-11-05
    LAIDLAW, Keith Walter appointed
    director
  27. 2024-11-05
    TAYLOR, Susan, Dr appointed
    director
  28. 2024-11-05
    FIRTH, Samantha Joy resigned
    director
  29. 2024-11-05
    LAIDLAW, Keith Walter resigned
    director
  30. 2024-11-05
    STUART - SMITH, Jane resigned
    director
  31. 2024-09-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  32. 2024-09-19
    MCNAUGHTON MONTGOMERY, Clara resigned
    director
  33. 2024-09-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  34. 2024-09-11
    BIRD, Ellen Jane resigned
    director
  35. 2024-07-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  36. 2024-07-01
    BIRD, Ellen Jane appointed
    director
  37. 2024-02-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  38. 2024-02-02
    LAURIE, Kevin David resigned
    director
  39. 2024-01-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  40. 2024-01-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  41. 2024-01-06
    ROBERTSON, Angus Francis Grange appointed
    director
  42. 2024-01-06
    FIRTH, Samantha Joy appointed
    director
  43. 2024-01-06
    LAIDLAW, Keith Walter appointed
    director
  44. 2024-01-06
    LAURIE, Kevin David appointed
    director
  45. 2024-01-06
    MCNAUGHTON MONTGOMERY, Clara appointed
    director
  46. 2024-01-06
    ROBERTSON, Jennifer Grant resigned
    director
  47. 2024-01-06
    STAMMERS, Amy Grace resigned
    director
  48. 2024-01-06
    TORDOFF, Nick Gregory resigned
    director
  49. 2023-12-18
    MCLAUGHLIN, Kenneth James resigned
    director
  50. 2023-06-01
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Scottish Ministers
Showing most recent 50 of 157 events

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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
Incorporated1999-09-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

Lochaline Harbour Office Lochaline
Morvern
Oban
Argyll
PA80 5XT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-12
Last: 2025-09-28

Officers (8 active · 60 resigned)

PENDER, Suzanne Mary
secretary · appointed 2024-12-17
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Active
LAIDLAW, Henriette Ebbesen
director · ~64y · appointed 2022-10-27
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Active
LAIDLAW, Keith Walter
director · ~67y · appointed 2024-11-05
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Active
RENDALL, Brian
director · ~62y · appointed 2025-10-07
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Active
ROBERTSON, Angus Francis Grange
director · ~69y · appointed 2024-01-06
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Active
TAYLOR, Susan, Dr
director · ~64y · appointed 2024-11-05
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Active
WELSH, Miles John Donnelly
director · ~79y · appointed 2025-06-01
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Active
WELSH, Miles John Donnelly
director · ~79y · appointed 2024-12-03
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Active
DOBROKHODOVA, Lilia
secretary · appointed 2015-11-12 · resigned 2024-12-17
Resigned
ROBERTSON, Angus Francis Grange
secretary · appointed 2000-04-06 · resigned 2015-11-12
Resigned
ANDERSON MACARTHUR & CO
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-09-28 · resigned 2000-04-06
Resigned
BELL, Aidan Jackson
director · ~88y · appointed 2000-05-30 · resigned 2002-08-23
Resigned
BIRD, Ellen Jane
director · ~32y · appointed 2024-07-01 · resigned 2024-09-11
Resigned
BOLTON, James Watt
director · ~73y · appointed 2016-04-22 · resigned 2017-11-06
Resigned
BOLTON, James Watt
director · ~73y · appointed 2008-01-15 · resigned 2011-01-12
Resigned
BOLTON, James Watt
director · ~73y · appointed 2002-11-14 · resigned 2005-10-04
Resigned
BOLTON, Teresa Margaret
director · ~66y · appointed 2005-12-19 · resigned 2006-06-22
Resigned
BREWIS, David William
director · ~78y · appointed 2013-10-01 · resigned 2014-01-22
Resigned
BREWIS, Jennifer
director · ~80y · appointed 2013-10-01 · resigned 2014-06-27
Resigned
BROWN, Eleanor
director · ~76y · appointed 2002-11-14 · resigned 2004-04-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
The Scottish Ministers
A registered charge1 property01/06/2023
satisfied
Triodos Bank UK
Triodos Bank UK Limited
A registered charge4 properties26/08/202104/12/2025
outstanding
Triodos Bank UK
Triodos Bank UK Limited
A registered charge28/05/2020
outstanding
The Scottish Ministers
A registered charge1 property04/04/2016
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Recent filings (200 total)

resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-01-28
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-12-19
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-12-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-03
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-12-17
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-12-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-13