Barony NP (UK) Ltd, a partnership between social enterprise company National Pride UK (NPUK) and investment company ESE Capital, promised hundreds of jobs at the ambition centre.
But they went into administration in December 2024.
(Image: National Pride/Orbit)
The project, located between Auchinleck and Ochiltree, was hailed as Europe’s first nature-based wellbeing resort, complete with lodges and spa facilities.
Both Andy Whitlock and Irene Bisset of NPUK resigned their directorships of Barony NP.
A progress report by the administrators stated that the sole remaining director, ESE Capital founder Greg Baker, had told administrators that there was a potential bid being prepared to buy the land for £12m, land…

