KIRKIBOST WINDCROFT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC283507 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-20

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-04-07
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officers · TM01
2026-03-14
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GEORGE, Rodney resigned
director
2025-12-20
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accounts · AA
2024-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
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accounts · AA
2022-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-11
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accounts · AA
2020-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-11-20
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accounts · AA
2019-05-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-05-01
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officers · CH01
2019-05-01
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officers · CH01
2019-01-11
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accounts · AA
2017-06-13
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accounts · AA
2017-01-19
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accounts · AA
2016-04-27
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annual-return · AR01
2016-01-26
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accounts · AA
2013-06-14
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MACDONALD, Norman Angus resigned
director
2007-04-13
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MACAULAY, Callum John appointed
secretary
2007-04-13
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GEORGE, Maria resigned
secretary
2005-04-20
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Company incorporated
As KIRKIBOST WINDCROFT LIMITED
2005-04-20
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MACAULAY, Callum John appointed
director
2005-04-20
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MACAULAY, Iain Angus appointed
director
2005-04-20
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GEORGE, Maria appointed
secretary
2005-04-20
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GEORGE, Rodney appointed
director
2005-04-20
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MACDONALD, Norman Angus appointed
director

Owner dependency

91/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Rodney George Individual · British · DOB 03/1939 · age 87	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Callum John Macaulay Individual · British · DOB 02/1959 · age 67	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Iain Angus Macaulay Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Norman Angus Macdonald Individual · British · DOB 05/1953 · age 73	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-04-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

6 Kirkibost, Great Bernera

Isle Of Lewis

Western Isles

HS2 9LX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-04

Last: 2025-04-20

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MACAULAY, Callum John→

secretary · appointed 2007-04-13

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Active

MACAULAY, Callum John→

director · ~67y · appointed 2005-04-20

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Active

MACAULAY, Iain Angus→

director · ~63y · appointed 2005-04-20

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Active

GEORGE, Maria→

secretary · appointed 2005-04-20 · resigned 2007-04-13

Resigned

GEORGE, Rodney→

director · ~87y · appointed 2005-04-20 · resigned 2026-03-14

Resigned

MACDONALD, Norman Angus→

director · ~73y · appointed 2005-04-20 · resigned 2013-06-14

Resigned

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