KEOSE GLEBE ESTATE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC522367 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2015-12-11
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
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£10.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 9 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £10,738

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£11k
↑ 5.9% YoY
Current Assets
£35k
↑ 7.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£7k£14k£21k£28k£35kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£201.8k£211.9k
Current assets£35.5k£32.9k
Net assets£10.7k£10.1k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2021-06-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2021-06-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2021-05-31
    CARMICHAEL, Malcolm Donald resigned
    director
  10. 2021-05-31
    MORRISON, Catherine Margaret resigned
    director
  11. 2021-05-31
    MORRISON, Finlay George resigned
    director
  12. 2020-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2017-12-12
    MOQBEL, Ann Macleod appointed
    director
  17. 2017-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-12-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2016-12-10
    MACDONALD, Ishbel Macleod resigned
    director
  20. 2016-01-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2015-12-21
    MACDONALD, Alister appointed
    director
  22. 2015-12-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As KEOSE GLEBE ESTATE LIMITED
  23. 2015-12-11
    GRAYSMITH, Donaldina Mackenzie appointed
    director
  24. 2015-12-11
    MACDONALD, Angus Macaulay appointed
    director
  25. 2015-12-11
    SMITH, Angus Maclean appointed
    director
  26. 2015-12-11
    CARMICHAEL, Malcolm Donald appointed
    director
  27. 2015-12-11
    MACDONALD, Ishbel Macleod appointed
    director
  28. 2015-12-11
    MORRISON, Catherine Margaret appointed
    director
  29. 2015-12-11
    MORRISON, Finlay George appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 80 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2015-12-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

3 Keose Glebe
Isle Of Lewis
HS2 9JX

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 (5 active · 4 resigned)

GRAYSMITH, Donaldina Mackenzie
director · ~79y · appointed 2015-12-11
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Active
MACDONALD, Alister
director · ~34y · appointed 2015-12-21
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Active
MACDONALD, Angus Macaulay
director · ~57y · appointed 2015-12-11
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Active
MOQBEL, Ann Macleod
director · ~80y · appointed 2017-12-12
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Active
SMITH, Angus Maclean
director · ~54y · appointed 2015-12-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARMICHAEL, Malcolm Donald
director · ~75y · appointed 2015-12-11 · resigned 2021-05-31
Resigned
MACDONALD, Ishbel Macleod
director · ~54y · appointed 2015-12-11 · resigned 2016-12-10
Resigned
MORRISON, Catherine Margaret
director · ~51y · appointed 2015-12-11 · resigned 2021-05-31
Resigned
MORRISON, Finlay George
director · ~54y · appointed 2015-12-11 · resigned 2021-05-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-06-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-06-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-25