BAYS OF HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST

🌳Matureactive

SC220031 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2001-06-11

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 Sept 2024

Net worth

£137.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

58 officers (9 active, 58 linked, 48 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

158 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £137,388

Net assets shrinking

Down £5,346 YoY

Cash YoY

-3%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£9k

↓ 3.2% YoY

Net Worth

£137k

↓ 3.7% YoY

Current Assets

£11k

↓ 3.5% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£137.4k	£142.7k
Current assets	£10.6k	£11.0k
Cash	£9.2k	£9.5k
Debtors	£1.4k	£1.5k
Net assets	£137.4k	£142.7k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 6 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 6 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (130 events)Click to expand

2026-03-18
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2026-03-10
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officers · TM01
2026-03-10
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officers · TM01
2026-03-10
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officers · TM02
2026-03-02
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MACLEOD, Marion Maccuish appointed
secretary
2026-03-02
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MORRISON, Agnes resigned
secretary
2026-03-02
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MACLEOD, Jessie resigned
director
2026-03-02
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MORRISON, Agnes resigned
director
2026-03-02
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MORRISON, Marie Margaret resigned
director
2026-03-02
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SINFIELD, Annalie June resigned
director
2026-03-02
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officers · TM01
2026-03-02
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officers · TM01
2025-05-01
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accounts · AA
2025-04-29
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officers · AP01
2025-04-29
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officers · AP01
2025-04-29
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officers · AP01
2025-04-29
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officers · AP01
2025-04-29
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officers · AP01
2025-04-18
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BROADBENT, Anne appointed
director
2025-04-18
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BROADBENT, David appointed
director
2025-04-18
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MACLEOD, Marion appointed
director
2025-04-18
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MORRISON, Neil appointed
director
2025-04-18
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MACLEOD, Jessie appointed
director
2025-04-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-07
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2025-04-07
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2025-04-01
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FULTON, Grant resigned
director
2025-04-01
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MACLEOD, Ruth resigned
director
2025-04-01
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SHAW, John Lachlan Alexander resigned
director
2024-04-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-02
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officers · AP01
2024-03-26
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officers · AP01
2024-03-26
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officers · AP01
2024-03-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-22
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FULTON, Grant appointed
director
2024-03-22
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MACLEOD, Kenneth Morrison resigned
director
2024-03-22
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MACLEOD, Ruth appointed
director
2024-03-22
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MORRISON, Marie Margaret appointed
director
2024-02-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-01
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MACLEOD, Margaret resigned
director
2023-05-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-10
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WARD, Julian resigned
director
2022-03-31
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MUNRO, Paul Anthony appointed
director
2022-03-31
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ROSS, Alan Angus appointed
director
2022-03-31
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SINFIELD, Annalie June appointed
director
2019-02-13
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MORRISON, Marie Margaret resigned
director
2019-02-13
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ROSS, Alan Angus resigned
director
2018-08-02
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MORRISON, Agnes appointed
secretary
2018-08-02
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MORRISON, Marie Margaret resigned
secretary
2017-02-08
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MACLENNAN, Kenneth Macdonald resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 130 events

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

5 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

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

Evidence: MORRISON, Agnes resigned 2026-03-02; MACLEOD, Jessie resigned 2026-03-02; MORRISON, Agnes resigned 2026-03-02

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2001-06-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

The Bays Community Centre

Leacklea

Isle Of Harris Western Isles

HS3 3EH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-13

Last: 2025-08-30