WESTERN ISLES TRANSPORT PRESERVATION GROUP

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SC293116 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2005-11-14
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£108.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Museum activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £108,499
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,638 YoY
Cash YoY
-27%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
↓ 27% YoY
Net Worth
£108k
↓ 3.2% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£22k£45k£67k£90k£112kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£108.5k£112.1k
Current assets£1.2k£1.6k
Cash£1.2k£1.6k
Net assets£108.5k£112.1k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2022-09-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2022-09-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2022-09-21
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-09-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2022-09-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2022-09-21
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2022-09-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2022-03-16
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    MACLEOD, Charles Norman appointed
    director
  14. 2021-10-08
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    MACLEOD, James resigned
    director
  15. 2021-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  17. 2019-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  18. 2018-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2005-11-14
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    Company incorporated
    As WESTERN ISLES TRANSPORT PRESERVATION GROUP
  20. 2005-11-14
    ➕
    MACLENNAN, Calum Smith appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-11-14
    ➕
    GRAHAM, Norman appointed
    director
  22. 2005-11-14
    ➕
    MACLEOD, James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Charles Norman Macleod
Individual · British · DOB 10/1987 · age 39
—25–50%25-50% voting16/03/2022
Norman Graham
Individual · British · DOB 02/1955 · age 71
—25–50%25-50% voting16/03/2022
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Norman Grahamceased 08/10/2021· 75-100% voting
  • Mr Norman Grahamceased 15/03/2022· 25-50% voting
  • Mr James Macleodceased 08/10/2021· 25-50% voting

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2005-11-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC91020 — Museum activities

Registered office

Unit 2 Marybank Industrial Estate
Marybank
Isle Of Lewis
Western Isles
HS2 0DB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MACLENNAN, Calum Smith→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-14
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Active
GRAHAM, Norman→
director · ~71y · appointed 2005-11-14
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Active
MACLEOD, Charles Norman→
director · ~39y · appointed 2022-03-16
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Active
MACLEOD, James→
director · ~89y · appointed 2005-11-14 · resigned 2021-10-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
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2025-09-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-09-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-09-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-09-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-09-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-09-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-21