EILEAN DORCHA FESTIVAL LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC524949 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2016-01-22

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 Sept 2024

Net worth

£82.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Operation of arts facilities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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

12 officers (4 active, 12 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

47 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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 £82,529

Net assets shrinking

Down £8,342 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£83k

↓ 9.2% YoY

Current Assets

£19k

↑ 20% 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	£82.5k	£90.9k
Current assets	£19.2k	£15.9k
Net assets	£82.5k	£90.9k

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

filings

• 4 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 9 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand

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2025-11-27
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2025-06-10
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2024-06-29
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2023-08-03
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MACINTYRE, Seonaidh resigned
director
2023-08-03
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2023-04-05
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2022-01-28
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2021-10-13
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CURRIE, Robert Alexander resigned
director
2021-10-13
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MACLEOD, Bellina resigned
director
2021-10-13
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MCGHEE, George resigned
director
2021-06-29
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2017-06-12
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MACAOIDH, Ruairidh appointed
secretary
2017-06-12
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MACCORQUODALE, Fraser Main appointed
director
2017-06-12
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CURRIE, Robert Alexander appointed
director
2017-06-12
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MACINTYRE, Seonaidh appointed
director
2017-06-12
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MACLEOD, Bellina appointed
director
2016-12-01
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DAY, Helen Lee resigned
director
2016-12-01
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JOHNSON, Samantha resigned
director
2016-12-01
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MACAOIDH, Ruairidh resigned
director
2016-12-01
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NAYLOR, Jeremy resigned
director
2016-01-22
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Company incorporated
As EILEAN DORCHA FESTIVAL LTD
2016-01-22
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MACRURY, Iain appointed
director
2016-01-22
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PETERANNA, Stephen Joseph appointed
director
2016-01-22
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DAY, Helen Lee appointed
director
2016-01-22
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JOHNSON, Samantha appointed
director
2016-01-22
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MACAOIDH, Ruairidh appointed
director
2016-01-22
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MCGHEE, George appointed
director
2016-01-22
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NAYLOR, Jeremy appointed
director

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 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

Incorporated2016-01-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC90040 — Operation of arts facilities

Registered office

36 Baile Na Cille

Balivanich

Benbecula

Western Isles

HS7 5ND

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-04

Last: 2026-01-21

Officers (4 active · 8 resigned)

MACAOIDH, Ruairidh→

secretary · appointed 2017-06-12

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Active

MACCORQUODALE, Fraser Main→

director · ~40y · appointed 2017-06-12

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Active

MACRURY, Iain→

director · ~56y · appointed 2016-01-22

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Active

PETERANNA, Stephen Joseph→

director · ~66y · appointed 2016-01-22

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Active

CURRIE, Robert Alexander→

director · ~47y · appointed 2017-06-12 · resigned 2021-10-13

Resigned

DAY, Helen Lee→

director · ~61y · appointed 2016-01-22 · resigned 2016-12-01

Resigned

JOHNSON, Samantha→

director · ~55y · appointed 2016-01-22 · resigned 2016-12-01

Resigned

MACAOIDH, Ruairidh→

director · ~56y · appointed 2016-01-22 · resigned 2016-12-01

Resigned

MACINTYRE, Seonaidh→

director · ~35y · appointed 2017-06-12 · resigned 2023-08-03

Resigned

MACLEOD, Bellina→

director · ~45y · appointed 2017-06-12 · resigned 2021-10-13

Resigned

MCGHEE, George→

director · ~60y · appointed 2016-01-22 · resigned 2021-10-13

Resigned

NAYLOR, Jeremy→

director · ~60y · appointed 2016-01-22 · resigned 2016-12-01

Resigned

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