ISLAY ENERGY TRUST

🌳Matureactive

SC285020 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2005-05-19

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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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 35110

Sector: Electricity, gas & energy

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). 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

37 officers (10 active, 37 linked, 33 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

119 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (85 events)Click to expand

2025-12-10
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accounts · AA
2025-05-27
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officers · CH03
2025-01-08
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accounts · AA
2024-08-07
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officers · AP01
2024-07-26
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ABRAHAMS, Alexandra Kate appointed
director
2024-07-16
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officers · TM01
2024-07-06
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WINLOW, Martin resigned
director
2024-02-05
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BEVERIDGE, Hannah resigned
director
2024-02-05
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officers · TM01
2024-02-01
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officers · TM01
2024-01-31
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MCNAB, Eleanor Margaret Quintin resigned
director
2024-01-04
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accounts · AA
2023-03-13
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officers · AP01
2023-03-01
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SKINNER, Thomas William resigned
director
2023-03-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-22
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BEVERIDGE, Hannah appointed
director
2023-01-26
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officers · TM01
2023-01-01
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GOW, Neil Johnston resigned
director
2022-11-10
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officers · AP01
2022-11-10
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officers · AP01
2022-11-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-09
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MANSBRIDGE, Richard William appointed
director
2022-11-09
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JAGGER, Richard Owen Laurence resigned
director
2022-11-09
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MACKENZIE, Eileen resigned
director
2022-11-09
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SKINNER, Thomas William appointed
director
2022-10-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-01
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GOW, Neil Johnston appointed
director
2022-02-09
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MUIR, Louise resigned
director
2021-12-29
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accounts · AAMD
2021-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-03
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THURGOOD, Jolyon appointed
director
2019-10-23
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LAURIE, Polly appointed
secretary
2019-10-22
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YOUNG, Geunda Claire Lorraine resigned
secretary
2019-01-08
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MUIR, Louise appointed
director
2018-10-24
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WINLOW, Martin appointed
director
2018-09-06
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DUNNACHIE, Alexander resigned
director
2018-08-27
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HOBHOUSE, David Paul resigned
director
2018-01-30
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BRYCE, Deborah resigned
director
2015-11-17
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BRYCE, Deborah appointed
director
2015-11-17
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DUNNACHIE, Alexander appointed
director
2015-11-04
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ROBERTS, Glenmore William appointed
director
2015-11-04
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MINTO, Jennifer resigned
director
2015-11-04
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OGILVIE, Malcolm Alexander, Dr resigned
director
2015-04-21
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POLLOCK, Russell appointed
director
2015-04-21
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JAGGER, Richard Owen Laurence appointed
director
2015-04-21
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MCNAB, Eleanor Margaret Quintin appointed
director
2015-03-17
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PORTEOUS, James Mcneil appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

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 79 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

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

Incorporated2005-05-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Custom House

Main Street

Bowmore

Argyll And Bute

PA43 7JJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-13

Last: 2025-06-29