POINT AND SANDWICK DEVELOPMENT TRUST

🌳Matureactive

SC285953 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2005-06-09

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 11.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

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

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.6y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 11.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: low (49/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

38 officers (11 active, 38 linked, 36 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

117 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (86 events)Click to expand

2026-03-02
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2025-02-27
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2024-02-29
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2024-01-30
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2024-01-30
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2023-11-20
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2023-09-22
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MACLEOD, Sonja resigned
director
2023-02-20
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2022-12-20
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2022-09-30
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2022-09-29
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SMITH, Catherine Anne resigned
director
2022-03-11
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2021-01-19
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2020-03-11
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2019-11-19
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BRUCE, Matthew Lloyd resigned
director
2019-11-19
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CHAPLIN, Elizabeth Mary resigned
director
2019-07-12
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2019-07-11
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2019-07-10
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MACDONALD, Kenneth Donald resigned
director
2019-06-21
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2019-06-21
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2018-11-17
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GALLAGHER, Rhona appointed
director
2018-11-17
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MACDONALD, Donald Macleod appointed
director
2018-11-17
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MACKENZIE, Christopher Thomas appointed
director
2018-11-17
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CARTY, Alison Marie resigned
director
2018-11-17
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SMITH, Catherine Anne appointed
director
2018-09-12
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MACGREGOR, Edmund Fraser resigned
director
2017-10-31
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MACKAY, Gordon appointed
director
2017-10-31
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MACKENZIE, Rhoda appointed
director
2017-10-31
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MACLENNAN, Donald appointed
director
2017-10-25
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PAIN, Jeanette resigned
director
2017-06-27
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TAYLOR, Donald Calum, Dr resigned
director
2016-11-25
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MACKENZIE, Norman appointed
director
2015-10-23
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CARTY, Alison Marie appointed
director
2015-10-23
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MACLEOD, Sonja appointed
director
2015-10-23
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MACRITCHIE, Donald resigned
director
2015-10-23
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MORRISON, Mary Ann resigned
director
2014-10-24
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CONNOR, Scott resigned
director
2014-10-23
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MUNRO, Agnes appointed
director
2014-09-09
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Santander UK PLC as Security Agent
2014-08-05
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BRUCE, Matthew Lloyd appointed
director
2014-08-05
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MACGREGOR, Edmund Fraser appointed
director
2014-01-08
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MACDONALD, George Kenneth Martin resigned
director
2013-07-23
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MACSWEEN, Donald John resigned
director
2012-08-08
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MACDONALD, Donald Myles resigned
secretary
2012-08-08
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CLARK, Thomas Robert resigned
director
2012-08-08
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MACBAIN, Donald Ewen 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

-11 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2005-06-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

26 Lewis Street

Stornoway

Isle Of Lewis

HS1 2JF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-23

Last: 2025-06-09