STROMNESS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST

🌳Matureactive

SC305725 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2006-07-20

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). 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, 1 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

28 officers (11 active, 28 linked, 26 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

82 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Average employees	1100	1100

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

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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 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (65 events)Click to expand

2026-03-04
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accounts · AA
2025-01-23
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accounts · AA
2024-07-24
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-07-24
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-07-21
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KETTLE, Thomas appointed
director
2024-07-21
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officers · AP01
2024-06-19
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JOHNSTON, John Thorfinn Balfour resigned
director
2024-06-19
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officers · TM01
2023-12-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
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LONG, Peter Edward appointed
director
2023-09-14
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officers · AP01
2023-06-28
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PARK, Janette Anne appointed
director
2023-06-28
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officers · AP01
2022-11-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
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officers · TM01
2022-03-29
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JENKINS, Mark resigned
director
2022-02-04
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officers · TM01
2022-02-01
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DAVIES, Gareth John, Dr resigned
director
2021-10-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
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MACLEOD, Katie Louise appointed
director
2021-03-29
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officers · AP01
2021-03-19
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GRAY, Nicola Lee resigned
director
2021-03-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-09
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GIBSON, Jerry Rose appointed
director
2020-03-09
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officers · AP01
2020-01-08
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LEE, Daniel Harvey John appointed
director
2020-01-08
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officers · AP01
2019-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-24
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DONALD, Keely resigned
director
2019-03-24
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JOHNSTON, John Thorfinn Balfour appointed
director
2018-11-13
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GROUNDWATER, Kirsty Ann Kerr resigned
director
2018-10-31
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GAULD, Richard resigned
director
2018-03-20
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GREEN, Samuel William James resigned
director
2018-01-29
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DONALD, Keely appointed
director
2018-01-29
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HUTCHEON, Dawn Grace resigned
director
2017-02-15
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BROWN, Alister David appointed
director
2017-01-18
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ARGO, Jacqueline appointed
director
2017-01-18
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BEVAN, Kristopher Graham appointed
director
2017-01-18
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GRAY, Nicola Lee appointed
director
2017-01-18
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GREEN, Samuel William James appointed
director
2017-01-18
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HUTCHEON, Dawn Grace appointed
director
2017-01-18
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JENKINS, Mark appointed
director
2016-10-31
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DAVIDSON, Maurice resigned
director
2016-01-18
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GROUNDWATER, Kirsty Ann Kerr appointed
director
2014-12-18
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BURGON, James Douglas resigned
director
2014-07-04
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CRAIGIE, Michael Alexander resigned
director
2012-07-06
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GRAY, Alistair appointed
secretary
2012-07-06
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LONG, Alan Edward resigned
secretary
2012-05-31
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BROWN, John Flett, Dr resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 65 events

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

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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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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

Incorporated2006-07-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

Ridgeways

Back Road

Stromness

Orkney

KW16 3DS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-03

Last: 2025-07-20