UCVO TRADING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC296661 · ltd · incorporated 2006-02-06

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£20.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Publishing of newspapers

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.0y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 18.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

21 officers (3 active, 21 linked, 16 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

81 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £20,038

Net assets shrinking

Down £1,489 YoY

Cash YoY

-17%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£49k

↓ 17% YoY

Net Worth

£20k

↓ 6.9% YoY

Current Assets

£56k

↓ 22% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£69.1k	£70.6k
Current assets	£55.8k	£71.7k
Cash	£49.2k	£58.9k
Debtors	£6.7k	£12.8k
Net assets	£20.0k	£21.5k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (58 events)Click to expand

2025-12-24
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2024-08-28
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2024-08-28
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2024-08-20
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MACEACHEN, Alasdair Ewen resigned
director
2024-04-09
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MORRISON, Donald Ewen appointed
director
2024-04-09
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2024-04-09
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2023-12-14
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2023-08-15
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CAMPBELL, Ada Hiley resigned
director
2022-11-23
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accounts · AA
2022-05-01
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GROUNDSELL, Melanie Mary resigned
director
2021-12-23
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accounts · AA
2021-03-30
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2021-03-29
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2021-03-29
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officers · AP01
2021-02-10
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MCFALL, Lesley appointed
director
2021-02-10
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GROUNDSELL, Melanie Mary appointed
director
2021-02-10
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MACEACHEN, Alasdair Ewen appointed
director
2021-01-14
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2020-12-23
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2020-04-05
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2019-12-24
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2019-09-01
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WALKER, Andrew Veitch resigned
director
2018-12-22
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accounts · AA
2018-01-25
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MACKINNON, Ronald Joseph resigned
director
2017-09-26
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CAMPBELL, Ada Hiley appointed
director
2017-06-10
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WALKER, Andrew Veitch appointed
director
2017-04-11
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GEDDES, Erica Katherine resigned
secretary
2017-04-11
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MACLEOD, Hector resigned
director
2017-04-11
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SILVER, Frederick Philip Marking resigned
director
2017-02-06
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GEDDES, Erica Katherine appointed
secretary
2017-02-06
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MACLEOD, Hector resigned
secretary
2016-01-28
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ROSS, Andrew appointed
director
2013-07-26
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CAMPBELL, Ada Hiley resigned
director
2013-07-01
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MACLEOD, Hector appointed
secretary
2013-07-01
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MACLEOD, Hector appointed
director
2013-06-19
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NICHOLSON, Alasdair resigned
secretary
2013-06-19
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NICHOLSON, Alasdair resigned
director
2011-02-22
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CAMERON, Eilidh resigned
secretary
2011-02-22
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NICHOLSON, Alasdair appointed
secretary
2011-02-22
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NICHOLSON, Alasdair appointed
director
2011-02-22
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ROBERTSON, Uisdean resigned
director
2011-02-22
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SILVER, Frederick Philip Marking appointed
director
2009-09-04
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CAMPBELL, Ada Hiley appointed
director
2009-09-04
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DAVIDSON, Mavis Sonya resigned
director
2009-09-04
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MACKINNON, Ronald Joseph appointed
director
2009-09-04
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STEWART, Sheena resigned
director
2008-04-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Secretary of State for Defence
2007-02-21
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CAMERON, Eilidh appointed
secretary

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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

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

Group structure

Uist Council Of Voluntary Organisations is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Uist Council Of Voluntary Organisations

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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UCVO TRADING LIMITED

This company · SC296661

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Uist Council Of Voluntary Organisations Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	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

Incorporated2006-02-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC58130 — Publishing of newspapers

Registered office

41 Airport Road

Balivanich

Isle Of Benbecula

HS7 5LA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-17

Last: 2026-02-03

Officers (3 active · 18 resigned)

MCFALL, Lesley→

director · ~66y · appointed 2021-02-10

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Active

MORRISON, Donald Ewen→

director · ~70y · appointed 2024-04-09

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Active

ROSS, Andrew→

director · ~65y · appointed 2016-01-28

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Active

CAMERON, Eilidh→

secretary · appointed 2007-02-21 · resigned 2011-02-22

Resigned

GEDDES, Erica Katherine→

secretary · appointed 2017-02-06 · resigned 2017-04-11

Resigned

MACLEOD, Hector→

secretary · appointed 2013-07-01 · resigned 2017-02-06

Resigned

NICHOLSON, Alasdair→

secretary · appointed 2011-02-22 · resigned 2013-06-19

Resigned

J & H MITCHELL WS→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-02-06 · resigned 2007-02-21

Resigned

CAMPBELL, Ada Hiley→

director · ~83y · appointed 2017-09-26 · resigned 2023-08-15

Resigned

CAMPBELL, Ada Hiley→

director · ~83y · appointed 2009-09-04 · resigned 2013-07-26

Resigned

DAVIDSON, Mavis Sonya→

director · ~96y · appointed 2006-02-06 · resigned 2009-09-04

Resigned

GROUNDSELL, Melanie Mary→

director · ~61y · appointed 2021-02-10 · resigned 2022-05-01

Resigned

MACEACHEN, Alasdair Ewen→

director · ~69y · appointed 2021-02-10 · resigned 2024-08-20

Resigned

MACKINNON, Catherine Anne→

director · ~76y · appointed 2006-02-06 · resigned 2007-02-21

Resigned

MACKINNON, Ronald Joseph→

director · ~82y · appointed 2009-09-04 · resigned 2018-01-25

Resigned

MACLEOD, Hector→

director · ~59y · appointed 2013-07-01 · resigned 2017-04-11

Resigned

NICHOLSON, Alasdair→

director · ~73y · appointed 2011-02-22 · resigned 2013-06-19

Resigned

ROBERTSON, Uisdean→

director · ~75y · appointed 2006-02-06 · resigned 2011-02-22

Resigned

SILVER, Frederick Philip Marking→

director · ~72y · appointed 2011-02-22 · resigned 2017-04-11

Resigned

STEWART, Sheena→

director · ~59y · appointed 2007-02-21 · resigned 2009-09-04

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Secretary of State for Defence	Standard security	1 property	15/04/2008	—

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Recent filings (81 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-14

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officers · AP01

2024-08-28

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officers · TM01

2024-08-28

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-09

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2024-04-09

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

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2024-04-09

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accounts · AA

2023-12-14

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-04-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-11-23

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-12-23

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officers · AP01

2021-03-30