ST. ANDREWS CHILDREN'S SOCIETY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC079520 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1982-07-13

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 23.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.3y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 23.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (50/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

47 officers (9 active, 47 linked, 43 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

168 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (96 events)Click to expand

2025-12-02
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2025-11-27
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2025-11-19
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2025-11-18
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SHAH, Claire Richie appointed
director
2025-11-18
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BARTON, Katherine resigned
director
2024-11-19
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2024-11-19
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2024-11-11
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2024-09-10
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FERGUSSON, Kirsty Rosemary resigned
director
2024-06-11
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DURRANI, Omar Ali appointed
director
2024-03-25
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officers · TM01
2023-11-30
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2023-11-28
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2023-11-14
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CLARK, Richard appointed
director
2023-11-14
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LEDINGHAM, Innes Begg resigned
director
2022-11-22
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2022-05-13
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2022-03-15
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BARTON, Katherine appointed
director
2021-12-08
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2021-12-08
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2021-12-03
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2021-11-16
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CANAVAN, Donald Henderson appointed
director
2021-11-16
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SADDLER, Keith Nicholas appointed
director
2021-11-03
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mortgage · MR05
2021-02-10
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2021-01-27
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2021-01-27
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2021-01-27
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2020-07-13
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CHRISTIE, Fergus John Francis resigned
secretary
2020-07-13
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CHRISTIE, Fergus John Francis resigned
director
2019-12-04
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BORLAND, Celia appointed
director
2019-12-04
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KEHOE, Nicola resigned
director
2018-10-25
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JOHNSTON, David resigned
director
2018-10-25
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MCEVOY, Maureen resigned
director
2017-10-31
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SWIFT, Robert Hilton appointed
director
2017-10-31
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LEDINGHAM, Innes Begg appointed
director
2017-10-31
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WALKER, Catriona Jane resigned
director
2016-12-14
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O'CALLAGHAN, Brian resigned
director
2016-03-23
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MCFALL, Lesley resigned
director
2014-10-28
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O'CALLAGHAN, Brian appointed
director
2012-09-25
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CANNING, Pamela resigned
director
2012-09-25
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JOHNSTON, David appointed
director
2012-09-25
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KELLOCK, Siobhan resigned
director
2011-09-20
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KEHOE, Nicola appointed
director
2011-04-29
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MACLEOD, Roderick appointed
director
2011-03-15
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HEPBURN, Edward Baldwin Robertson resigned
director
2010-11-16
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DEAS, Aileen Margaret resigned
director
2010-11-16
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MCFALL, Lesley appointed
director
2010-11-16
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WALKER, Catriona Jane appointed
director
2010-11-16
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WILSON, Gerald Robertson resigned
director

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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

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1982-07-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC88990 — Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

Registered office

7 John's Place

Leith

Edinburgh

EH6 7EL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-10

Last: 2026-02-24