BERNERAY DEVELOPMENT GROUP

🌳Matureactive

SC238574 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2002-10-23

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£5.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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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 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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

16 officers (3 active, 16 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

80 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 £5,643

Net assets shrinking

Down £180 YoY

Cash YoY

+0%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£15k

~ YoY

Net Worth

£6k

↓ 3.1% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£5.6k	£5.8k
Cash	£15.5k	£15.5k
Net assets	£5.6k	£5.8k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2025-12-24
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accounts · AA
2024-12-24
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accounts · AA
2023-12-22
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accounts · AA
2022-12-23
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accounts · AA
2021-12-13
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accounts · AA
2021-03-31
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accounts · AA
2020-01-15
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accounts · AA
2019-01-14
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accounts · AA
2018-01-05
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accounts · AA
2017-01-11
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accounts · AA
2016-10-05
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accounts · AA
2016-10-03
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annual-return · AR01
2015-09-18
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accounts · AA
2015-08-29
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gazette · DISS40
2015-06-19
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gazette · GAZ1
2013-08-08
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MACKILLOP, Gloria Nell resigned
director
2013-08-08
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WILSON, Susan Elizabeth Christine resigned
director
2013-03-15
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MACASKILL, Pamela appointed
secretary
2013-03-15
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MACASKILL, Pamela appointed
director
2013-03-08
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ROSS, Andrew resigned
director
2012-09-19
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ROSS, Andrew resigned
secretary
2011-05-18
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CORMACK, Alastair David appointed
director
2010-04-01
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FORSHAW, John resigned
director
2010-04-01
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MACCUISH, John Angus resigned
director
2010-04-01
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WILSON, Susan Elizabeth Christine appointed
director
2007-05-09
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MACCUISH, John Angus resigned
secretary
2007-05-09
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ROSS, Andrew appointed
secretary
2006-02-27
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MACLEOD, Frederick Malcolm Gillies resigned
director
2006-02-27
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RODGER, Sasha Meg resigned
director
2005-02-07
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ROSS, Andrew appointed
director
2005-02-07
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TISSIMAN, Alan Andrew resigned
director
2002-10-23
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Company incorporated
As BERNERAY DEVELOPMENT GROUP
2002-10-23
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MACCUISH, John Angus appointed
secretary
2002-10-23
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2002-10-23
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2002-10-23
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FORSHAW, John appointed
director
2002-10-23
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MACCUISH, John Angus appointed
director
2002-10-23
➕
MACKILLOP, Gloria Nell appointed
director
2002-10-23
➕
MACLEOD, Frederick Malcolm Gillies appointed
director
2002-10-23
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RODGER, Sasha Meg appointed
director
2002-10-23
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TISSIMAN, Alan Andrew appointed
director
2002-10-23
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2002-10-23
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2002-10-23
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2002-10-23
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

Incorporated2002-10-23

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

Nurses Cottage,

Berneray

North Uist

Western Isles

HS6 5BD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-06

Last: 2025-10-23

Officers (3 active · 13 resigned)

MACASKILL, Pamela→

secretary · appointed 2013-03-15

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Active

CORMACK, Alastair David→

director · ~79y · appointed 2011-05-18

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Active

MACASKILL, Pamela→

director · ~50y · appointed 2013-03-15

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MACCUISH, John Angus→

secretary · appointed 2002-10-23 · resigned 2007-05-09

Resigned

ROSS, Andrew→

secretary · appointed 2007-05-09 · resigned 2012-09-19

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-10-23 · resigned 2002-10-23

Resigned

FORSHAW, John→

director · ~70y · appointed 2002-10-23 · resigned 2010-04-01

Resigned

MACCUISH, John Angus→

director · ~83y · appointed 2002-10-23 · resigned 2010-04-01

Resigned

MACKILLOP, Gloria Nell→

director · ~95y · appointed 2002-10-23 · resigned 2013-08-08

Resigned

MACLEOD, Frederick Malcolm Gillies→

director · ~84y · appointed 2002-10-23 · resigned 2006-02-27

Resigned

RODGER, Sasha Meg→

director · ~56y · appointed 2002-10-23 · resigned 2006-02-27

Resigned

ROSS, Andrew→

director · ~65y · appointed 2005-02-07 · resigned 2013-03-08

Resigned

TISSIMAN, Alan Andrew→

director · ~63y · appointed 2002-10-23 · resigned 2005-02-07

Resigned

WILSON, Susan Elizabeth Christine→

director · ~68y · appointed 2010-04-01 · resigned 2013-08-08

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2002-10-23 · resigned 2002-10-23

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2002-10-23 · resigned 2002-10-23

Resigned

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