BARVAS AND BRUE COMMUNITY CENTRE

🌳Matureactive

SC232119 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2002-05-28

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 May 2025

Net worth

£400.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

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

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). 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

36 officers (10 active, 36 linked, 33 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

125 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £400,865

Net assets shrinking

Down £6,133 YoY

Cash YoY

+52%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£78k

↑ 52% YoY

Net Worth

£401k

↓ 1.5% YoY

Current Assets

£79k

↑ 51% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£400.9k	£407.0k
Current assets	£78.7k	£52.0k
Cash	£78.3k	£51.7k
Debtors	£305	£326
Net assets	£400.9k	£407.0k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (83 events)Click to expand

2025-11-25
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2025-08-09
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MACIVER, Ian Alexander resigned
director
2025-08-09
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officers · TM01
2024-12-14
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accounts · AA
2024-09-09
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officers · AP01
2024-09-06
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officers · AP01
2024-09-04
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CASTLE, Aimee appointed
director
2024-09-04
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MACLEOD, Jane Ann appointed
director
2024-06-11
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officers · AP01
2024-06-11
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officers · AP01
2024-06-11
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officers · TM01
2024-06-05
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BARKER, Anthony appointed
director
2024-06-05
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MURRAY, Norma appointed
director
2024-06-05
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MACLEOD, Jane Ann resigned
director
2024-04-15
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officers · TM01
2024-04-03
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PARISH, Timothy Peter resigned
director
2023-10-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-06
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officers · AP01
2023-10-06
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officers · TM01
2023-10-04
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BARNARD, Alex, Dr resigned
director
2023-10-04
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PARISH, Timothy Peter appointed
director
2023-05-23
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MATHESON, Margaret Anne appointed
director
2023-05-23
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officers · AP01
2023-05-23
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officers · TM01
2023-05-03
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PARISH, Timothy Peter resigned
director
2023-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-01
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officers · AP01
2022-05-01
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officers · AP01
2022-05-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-21
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CASTLE, Steven appointed
director
2022-04-21
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MACLEOD, Jane Ann appointed
director
2022-04-21
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MACMILLAN, Ann resigned
director
2021-11-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-12
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officers · AP01
2021-04-07
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HUANG, Jingqiu, Dr resigned
director
2021-04-07
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PARISH, Timothy Peter appointed
director
2019-05-21
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MACKAY, Calum resigned
director
2018-10-03
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MORRISON, Ann Macneal resigned
director
2018-09-05
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MACDONALD, Maureen resigned
director
2018-04-04
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MACIVER, Louis appointed
director
2018-04-04
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BARNARD, Alex, Dr appointed
director
2018-04-04
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HUANG, Jingqiu, Dr appointed
director
2018-04-04
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MACLEOD, Angus resigned
director
2014-11-03
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MORRISON, Ann Macneal appointed
director
2013-12-01
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MACIVER, Ian Alexander appointed
director
2013-07-03
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MACLEAN, Colin appointed
director
2013-06-02
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MACMILLAN, Ann appointed
director
2013-05-31
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COCKBURN, Ian Russell resigned
director
2013-04-06
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MACDONALD, Maureen appointed
director
2013-04-01
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MACKAY, Anne 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

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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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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

Incorporated2002-05-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Barvas And Brue Community Centre

Lower Barvas

Barvas

Isle Of Lewis

HS2 0RE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-11

Last: 2025-05-28