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🌳Matureactive
SC093818 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1985-06-14
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Why now
Window closing · medium confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 85 → 90
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • ↑Hygiene score: 85 → 90
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
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 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
50 officers (5 active, 50 linked, 45 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
181 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (103 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-08
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  2. 2025-06-11
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  3. 2025-06-09
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    ELLIS, Elaine resigned
    director
  4. 2025-01-07
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  5. 2024-01-05
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  6. 2023-12-19
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  7. 2023-09-04
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    CHATWIN, Craig Stuart resigned
    director
  8. 2022-12-15
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  9. 2021-12-21
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  10. 2020-12-17
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  11. 2020-07-23
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  12. 2020-03-09
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    CHATWIN, Craig Stuart appointed
    director
  13. 2019-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  14. 2018-10-19
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  15. 2018-02-07
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  16. 2018-01-26
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    ELLIS, Elaine appointed
    director
  17. 2017-12-28
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  18. 2016-11-10
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  19. 2016-08-01
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  20. 2016-03-11
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    LAIRD, Kathleen resigned
    director
  21. 2014-06-26
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    GRANDAGE, Tom resigned
    director
  22. 2012-12-06
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    COWAN, Shona Smith appointed
    director
  23. 2012-12-06
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    GILLEN, Sarah Felicity resigned
    director
  24. 2012-12-06
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    LAIRD, Kathleen appointed
    director
  25. 2012-06-28
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    HELKALA, Marja Liisa resigned
    director
  26. 2012-02-23
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    KENNEDY, Kate appointed
    director
  27. 2012-02-23
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    GILLEN, Sarah Felicity appointed
    director
  28. 2012-02-23
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    GRANDAGE, Tom appointed
    director
  29. 2010-11-25
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    PHILLIP, Gavin resigned
    director
  30. 2010-11-25
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    WHITE, Jeffrey Veitch resigned
    director
  31. 2010-03-04
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    DAVIDSON, Ian Bell resigned
    director
  32. 2009-12-04
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    CLARK, John resigned
    director
  33. 2009-12-04
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    LOVE, Frances Mary resigned
    director
  34. 2009-12-03
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    ASHTON, Diane appointed
    director
  35. 2009-12-03
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    HELKALA, Marja Liisa appointed
    director
  36. 2009-12-03
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    PHILLIP, Gavin appointed
    director
  37. 2008-11-27
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    ROBERTSON, Mathilda Maria Elizabeth resigned
    director
  38. 2007-11-29
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    MUNRO, Elma resigned
    director
  39. 2007-07-19
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    KEOGH, William, Professor resigned
    director
  40. 2006-11-22
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    BOWES, William appointed
    director
  41. 2006-11-22
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    ROBERTSON, Mathilda Maria Elizabeth appointed
    director
  42. 2005-11-09
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    RITSON, Bruce, Dr resigned
    director
  43. 2004-12-02
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    DAVIDSON, Ian Bell appointed
    director
  44. 2004-09-07
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    REED, Eunice, Ms. resigned
    director
  45. 2004-03-09
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    KEOGH, William, Professor appointed
    director
  46. 2003-12-11
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    MADDEN, Myriam resigned
    director
  47. 2003-08-14
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    ASHTON, Diane resigned
    director
  48. 2003-06-10
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    WALKER, Meichelle Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  49. 2003-04-01
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    RICHARDSON, Penelope Jane resigned
    secretary
  50. 2002-12-09
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    CLARK, John appointed
    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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Meichelle Elizabeth Walker
Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58
——sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest30/06/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1985-06-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC88990 — Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

Registered office

91 Rose Street Rose Street
Edinburgh
EH2 3DT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-06
Last: 2025-07-23

Officers (5 active · 45 resigned)

WALKER, Meichelle Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-10
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Active
ASHTON, Diane→
director · ~68y · appointed 2009-12-03
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Active
BOWES, William→
director · ~70y · appointed 2006-11-22
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Active
COWAN, Shona Smith→
director · ~60y · appointed 2012-12-06
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Active
KENNEDY, Kate→
director · ~57y · appointed 2012-02-23
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Active
CHAPMAN, Paul Denis→
secretary · resigned 1994-01-31
Resigned
RICHARDSON, Penelope Jane→
secretary · appointed 1994-02-09 · resigned 2003-04-01
Resigned
ASHTON, Diane→
director · ~68y · appointed 1997-05-15 · resigned 2003-08-14
Resigned
BOYD, Lesley Jane→
director · ~78y · appointed 1994-11-17 · resigned 1998-11-12
Resigned
BROWN, Christine Robertson→
director · ~84y · appointed 1989-12-11 · resigned 1995-10-31
Resigned
CARLE, Kathryn Johnstone→
director · ~86y · appointed 1996-07-18 · resigned 1997-04-08
Resigned
CHATWIN, Craig Stuart→
director · ~55y · appointed 2020-03-09 · resigned 2023-09-04
Resigned
CHICK, Jonathan Dale→
director · ~81y · appointed 1988-10-10 · resigned 2001-12-05
Resigned
CHICK, Jonathan Dale→
director · ~81y · resigned 1990-06-26
Resigned
CLARK, John→
director · ~82y · appointed 2002-12-09 · resigned 2009-12-04
Resigned
CLARKE, Barbara→
director · ~67y · appointed 1999-11-19 · resigned 2000-11-09
Resigned
DAVIDSON, Ian Bell→
director · ~58y · appointed 2004-12-02 · resigned 2010-03-04
Resigned
ELLIS, Elaine→
director · ~52y · appointed 2018-01-26 · resigned 2025-06-09
Resigned
FIELDING, Margaret Ann→
director · ~77y · appointed 1997-11-06 · resigned 1999-11-19
Resigned
FRANK, Thomas Lawrence→
director · ~78y · appointed 1993-09-13 · resigned 1999-11-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (181 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-07-23