PORT ELLEN HARBOUR ASSOCIATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC222764 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2001-08-31

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.

Why now

Window closing · medium confidence

Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 85 → 90

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

↑Hygiene score: 85 → 90

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

81/100

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 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), 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: low (46/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

26 officers (10 active, 26 linked, 24 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

99 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (64 events)Click to expand

2025-09-16
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officers · AP01
2025-09-12
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2025-09-12
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2025-09-12
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officers · AP01
2025-09-12
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officers · TM01
2025-09-12
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officers · TM01
2025-07-09
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accounts · AA
2025-06-04
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CARRUTHERS, Leo appointed
director
2025-06-04
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CHAPMAN, Garry appointed
director
2025-06-04
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COLTHART, Nial appointed
director
2025-06-04
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MACINTYRE, Ruaridh appointed
director
2025-06-04
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HOLYOAKE, Donald resigned
director
2025-06-04
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MACAFFER, Gordon resigned
director
2024-11-06
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accounts · AA
2024-09-24
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accounts · AA
2024-08-19
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address · AD01
2024-08-19
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officers · AP01
2024-08-19
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officers · AP03
2024-08-19
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officers · TM01
2024-08-19
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officers · TM02
2024-08-19
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officers · TM01
2024-04-30
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gazette · DISS40
2024-04-02
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gazette · GAZ1
2023-04-01
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ADDISON, Kurt appointed
secretary
2023-04-01
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BROWN, Bertie appointed
director
2023-04-01
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MCDONALD, Doris Agnes resigned
secretary
2023-04-01
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CAMPBELL, Allan Menzies resigned
director
2023-04-01
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MACLENNAN, Gordon resigned
director
2023-03-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-27
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officers · TM01
2021-12-27
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officers · TM01
2021-12-15
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BEST, Robert appointed
director
2021-12-15
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LAURIE, Iain Graham resigned
director
2021-12-15
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MACGILLIVRAY, Alyson Mcleod resigned
director
2019-10-23
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CAMPBELL, Allan Menzies appointed
director
2019-09-02
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CAMPBELL, Allan Cameron resigned
director
2017-12-08
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MACGILLIVRAY, Alyson Mcleod appointed
director
2016-04-27
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MCFARLANE, James Boyd appointed
director
2016-04-27
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HOLYOAKE, Donald appointed
director
2016-04-27
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LAURIE, Kirsten Eleanor resigned
director
2016-04-27
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MACLENNAN, Gordon appointed
director
2015-07-06
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BROWN, Bertie resigned
director
2014-09-25
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GIBSON, Iain Mackinnon resigned
director
2014-09-25
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JOHNSTONE, Robert James Charles resigned
director
2012-06-06
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LAURIE, Kirsten Eleanor appointed
director
2012-06-06
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MACAFFER, Gordon appointed
director
2011-03-31
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STEWART, John Michael resigned
director
2008-03-24
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NEWMAN, Ann resigned
director
2005-07-04
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THOMSON, Jacqueline Jane resigned
director

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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

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 25 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

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

Incorporated2001-08-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

R A Clement Associates,

5 Argyll Square

Oban

Argyll

PA34 4AZ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-14

Last: 2025-08-31