ILEACH LTD.
Company number SC237949 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
ILEACH LTD. occupies a defensible and community-embedded market position as Islay's sole local newspaper, strengthened by 50 years of heritage, charitable status, and award-winning credibility. The immediate strategic imperative is to translate offline trust into digital revenue streams—particularly targeting the global Islay whisky enthusiast community—before advertising concentration risk and demographic headwinds erode the current financial resilience. The organisation has the balance sheet strength and brand equity to invest; the question is whether the governance structure can move with sufficient urgency.
Overview
- Company type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Incorporated
- 2002-10-10
- Employees
- 0 (2025 accounts · was 5 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Ileach Office, Main Street, Bowmore, Isle Of Islay, PA43 7JH
- Postcode
- PA43 7JH
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-10-21
- Next due by
- 2026-11-04
Nature of business (SIC)
- 18110 Printing of newspapers
- 18129 Printing not elsewhere classified
- 58130 Publishing of newspapers
- 58190 Other publishing activities
Officers 4 current · 42 resigned
Contact details
- Website
- ileach.co.uk
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Among its peers
2nd largest employer
of 16 similar companies in PA — measured against the wider sector, with 5 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.
The class of 2002
39%
of the 122,927 companies incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 58% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.