LONG ISLAND RURAL TRUST

🌳Matureactive

SC286396 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2005-06-20

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£7.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

94990Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). 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, 2 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

31 officers (15 active, 31 linked, 26 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

116 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £7,580

Net assets shrinking

Down £319 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£8k

↓ 4.0% YoY

Current Assets

£8k

↓ 10.0% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£23.8k	£26.5k
Current assets	£8.4k	£9.3k
Net assets	£7.6k	£7.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (65 events)Click to expand

2025-06-20
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2024-05-15
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accounts · AA
2023-06-23
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accounts · AA
2022-05-25
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accounts · AA
2021-09-27
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officers · AP01
2021-08-10
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MACLEOD, Donald appointed
director
2021-06-19
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officers · TM01
2021-06-17
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accounts · AA
2021-06-04
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MACLEOD, Donald Murdo resigned
director
2020-06-23
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accounts · AA
2019-07-01
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officers · AP03
2019-07-01
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-05-28
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MACBAIN, Donald Ewen appointed
secretary
2019-05-28
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KENNEDY, Kevin resigned
secretary
2019-03-12
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accounts · AA
2018-07-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-07-10
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2018-07-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-07-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-07-04
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2018-07-02
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KENNEDY, Kevin appointed
secretary
2018-05-31
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MACLEOD, Donald Malcolm resigned
secretary
2018-05-31
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FERGUSON, Alexander Murdo resigned
director
2018-05-31
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MACLEOD, Donald Malcolm resigned
director
2018-04-17
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accounts · AA
2014-03-19
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MATHESON, John Murdo appointed
director
2014-03-19
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ROSS, Alex John appointed
director
2014-03-19
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MACAULAY, Donald Scott Macdonald resigned
director
2014-03-19
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MACLEOD, Donald resigned
director
2013-03-27
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MACDONALD, Kevin appointed
director
2012-03-21
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MACKAY, Ruairidh Murdo appointed
director
2012-03-21
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FERGUSON, Alexander Murdo appointed
director
2012-03-21
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MACAULAY, Donald Scott Macdonald appointed
director
2012-03-21
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MACLEOD, Neil resigned
director
2011-03-16
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MACDONALD, Alex appointed
director
2011-03-16
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MACIVER, Iain Maclennan appointed
director
2011-03-16
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MACLENNAN, Peter appointed
director
2011-03-16
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MACLEOD, Kenneth appointed
director
2011-03-16
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MACLEOD, Donald Malcolm appointed
secretary
2011-02-14
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KENNEDY, Kevin appointed
director
2011-02-14
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MATHESON, John Murdo resigned
secretary
2011-02-14
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MACIVER, Norman Angus resigned
director
2011-02-14
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MATHESON, John Murdo resigned
director
2011-02-14
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MCLAUGHLIN, James resigned
director
2009-01-19
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MACBAIN, Donald Ewen appointed
director
2009-01-19
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MACKENZIE, Calum John appointed
director
2009-01-19
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MACLEOD, Norman appointed
director
2009-01-19
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MCDONALD, Valerie Jane resigned
director
2008-04-18
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FERRIS, Michael Ian resigned
nominee-secretary
2008-04-18
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MATHESON, John Murdo appointed
secretary

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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

-14 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

🔒Co-director network graph

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

Incorporated2005-06-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

63 Kenneth Street

Stornoway

Isle Of Lewis

HS1 2DS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-04

Last: 2025-06-20