THE CATHERINE M. MACLEOD (HARRIS) TRUST

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SC202832 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2000-01-06
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£479.6k
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -34% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
16 officers (6 active, 16 linked, 13 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
90 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
80
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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £479,650
Cash YoY
-34%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£14k
↓ 34% YoY
Net Worth
£480k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£20k
↓ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£96k£192k£288k£384k£480kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£479.6k£478.6k
Current assets£19.9k£27.2k
Cash£14.4k£21.9k
Debtors£5.5k£5.3k
Net assets£479.6k£478.6k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2021-06-28
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Adam James appointed
    director
  8. 2021-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-31
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    accounts · AA01
  12. 2017-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-08-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2016-08-02
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  16. 2016-07-04
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    MACLEOD, Katie Mary appointed
    secretary
  17. 2016-07-04
    ➕
    MACLEOD, Katie Mary appointed
    director
  18. 2016-04-20
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  19. 2016-03-31
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    MACDONALD, Gordon Hutchison resigned
    secretary
  20. 2016-03-31
    ➖
    MACDONALD, Gordon Hutchison resigned
    director
  21. 2015-02-28
    ➕
    MACSWEEN, Aileen Margaret appointed
    director
  22. 2011-09-30
    ➕
    MORRISON, Ronald Cameron appointed
    director
  23. 2011-09-30
    ➖
    MACIVER, Norman resigned
    director
  24. 2010-01-07
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Gordon Hutchison appointed
    secretary
  25. 2009-12-31
    ➖
    FERRIS, Michael Ian resigned
    secretary
  26. 2009-12-31
    ➖
    FERRIS, Michael Ian resigned
    director
  27. 2009-12-31
    ➖
    FRASER, Simon Andrew resigned
    director
  28. 2009-12-31
    ➖
    KERNAHAN, John resigned
    director
  29. 2008-07-21
    ➕
    CAMERON, David Ewan appointed
    director
  30. 2008-07-21
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Gordon Hutchison appointed
    director
  31. 2008-07-21
    ➕
    MACIVER, Norman appointed
    director
  32. 2005-08-21
    ➖
    MACLEOD, Catherine Mackay resigned
    director
  33. 2000-08-29
    ➕
    FERRIS, Michael Ian appointed
    director
  34. 2000-08-29
    ➕
    FRASER, Simon Andrew appointed
    director
  35. 2000-08-29
    ➕
    KERNAHAN, John appointed
    director
  36. 2000-08-29
    ➖
    MACDONALD, Stewart Macaulay resigned
    director
  37. 2000-08-29
    ➖
    MACKENZIE, Derek resigned
    director
  38. 2000-08-29
    ➕
    MACLEOD, Catherine Mackay appointed
    director
  39. 2000-01-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As THE CATHERINE M. MACLEOD (HARRIS) TRUST
  40. 2000-01-06
    ➕
    FERRIS, Michael Ian appointed
    secretary
  41. 2000-01-06
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Stewart Macaulay appointed
    director
  42. 2000-01-06
    ➕
    MACKENZIE, Derek appointed
    director

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MACLEOD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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-limited-exemption
Incorporated2000-01-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

Hill Cottage Scott Road
Tarbert
Isle Of Harris
HS3 3DL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (6 active · 10 resigned)

MACLEOD, Katie Mary→
secretary · appointed 2016-07-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAMERON, David Ewan→
director · ~78y · appointed 2008-07-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHNSON, Adam James→
director · ~53y · appointed 2021-06-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACLEOD, Katie Mary→
director · ~70y · appointed 2016-07-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACSWEEN, Aileen Margaret→
director · ~66y · appointed 2015-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORRISON, Ronald Cameron→
director · ~81y · appointed 2011-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FERRIS, Michael Ian→
secretary · appointed 2000-01-06 · resigned 2009-12-31
Resigned
MACDONALD, Gordon Hutchison→
secretary · appointed 2010-01-07 · resigned 2016-03-31
Resigned
FERRIS, Michael Ian→
director · ~80y · appointed 2000-08-29 · resigned 2009-12-31
Resigned
FRASER, Simon Andrew→
director · ~71y · appointed 2000-08-29 · resigned 2009-12-31
Resigned
KERNAHAN, John→
director · ~80y · appointed 2000-08-29 · resigned 2009-12-31
Resigned
MACDONALD, Gordon Hutchison→
director · ~73y · appointed 2008-07-21 · resigned 2016-03-31
Resigned
MACDONALD, Stewart Macaulay→
director · ~77y · appointed 2000-01-06 · resigned 2000-08-29
Resigned
MACIVER, Norman→
director · ~81y · appointed 2008-07-21 · resigned 2011-09-30
Resigned
MACKENZIE, Derek→
director · ~61y · appointed 2000-01-06 · resigned 2000-08-29
Resigned
MACLEOD, Catherine Mackay→
director · ~105y · appointed 2000-08-29 · resigned 2005-08-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (90 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-14