GRANGEMOUTH CARERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC131185 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1991-04-12
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.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). 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
29 officers (3 active, 29 linked, 24 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 7 total, 7 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
136 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (74 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    REID, Mary Brown resigned
    director
  2. 2026-03-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-02-26
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  4. 2025-02-12
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  5. 2025-02-12
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  6. 2025-02-10
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    BEGAN, Margaret resigned
    director
  7. 2024-11-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-10-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
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  9. 2024-10-17
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  10. 2024-09-17
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    MACRAE, Gordon Lennox resigned
    director
  11. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-01-26
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    SMITH, Gillian Isabel resigned
    secretary
  14. 2023-01-26
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    REID, Mary Brown appointed
    director
  15. 2023-01-26
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2023-01-26
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2022-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  18. 2020-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  19. 2020-03-11
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  20. 2020-03-06
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    officers · AP03
  21. 2020-03-05
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    SMITH, Gillian Isabel appointed
    secretary
  22. 2019-05-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  23. 2019-04-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  24. 2019-04-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  25. 2019-01-17
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    BEGAN, Margaret appointed
    director
  26. 2019-01-17
    ➕
    MACRAE, Gordon Lennox appointed
    director
  27. 2018-12-01
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    COLLINS, Patricia Elizabeth resigned
    director
  28. 2018-04-01
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    WATKIN, Margaret resigned
    director
  29. 2016-05-26
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    O'DONNELL, Janis Ann appointed
    director
  30. 2016-05-26
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    POLLOCK, Morag Margaret appointed
    director
  31. 2016-05-26
    ➕
    COLLINS, Patricia Elizabeth appointed
    director
  32. 2014-11-19
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    BLACK, Allyson Maria Doherty resigned
    secretary
  33. 2014-11-19
    ➖
    BLACK, Allyson Maria Doherty resigned
    director
  34. 2014-02-19
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    BLACK, Allyson Maria Doherty appointed
    secretary
  35. 2014-02-19
    ➖
    MIELE, Anthony Alessandro Natale resigned
    secretary
  36. 2014-02-19
    ➖
    MIELE, Anthony Alessandro Natale resigned
    director
  37. 2013-07-04
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    BLACK, Allyson Maria Doherty appointed
    director
  38. 2013-07-04
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    WATKIN, Margaret appointed
    director
  39. 2011-08-31
    ➖
    MACRAE, Gordon Lennox resigned
    director
  40. 2008-10-31
    ➖
    WILSON, Thomas resigned
    director
  41. 2000-05-31
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    FLEMING, Marshall resigned
    director
  42. 1999-11-22
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    PEATTIE, Catherine Campbell appointed
    director
  43. 1999-11-22
    ➕
    FLEMING, Marshall appointed
    director
  44. 1999-11-22
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    GILLIES, Gordon Wolsey resigned
    director
  45. 1999-11-22
    ➖
    SHARP, Margaret Mcintyre resigned
    director
  46. 1999-09-10
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    WILSON, Alison Jane resigned
    director
  47. 1998-02-25
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    GILLIES, Gordon Wolsey appointed
    director
  48. 1998-01-21
    ➕
    MACRAE, Gordon Lennox appointed
    director
  49. 1996-11-11
    ➖
    MCKELLAR, James resigned
    director
  50. 1996-11-11
    ➕
    WILSON, Alison Jane appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 74 events

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Morag Margaret Pollock
Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
——sig. influencesignificant influence26/05/2016
Mrs Janis Ann O'Donnell
Individual · British · DOB 10/1953 · age 73
——sig. influencesignificant influence26/05/2016
Mrs Catherine Campbell Peattie
Individual · British · DOB 11/1951 · age 75
——sig. influencesignificant influence16/04/2016
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Margaret Begenceased 10/02/2025· significant influence
  • Mr Gordon Lennox Macraeceased 17/09/2024· significant influence
  • Miss Patricia Elizabeth Collinsceased 01/12/2018· significant influence
  • Mrs Margaret Watkinceased 01/04/2018· significant influence

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
Incorporated1991-04-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC88100 — Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

11 & 12 Willow House Newhouse Business Park
Newhouse Road
Grangemouth
FK3 8LL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-27
Last: 2026-04-13

Officers (3 active · 26 resigned)

O'DONNELL, Janis Ann→
director · ~73y · appointed 2016-05-26
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Active
PEATTIE, Catherine Campbell→
director · ~75y · appointed 1999-11-22
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Active
POLLOCK, Morag Margaret→
director · ~61y · appointed 2016-05-26
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Active
BLACK, Allyson Maria Doherty→
secretary · appointed 2014-02-19 · resigned 2014-11-19
Resigned
LAURIE, Mary Anne Spicer→
secretary · appointed 1993-08-04 · resigned 1994-09-30
Resigned
MACDONALD, Jessie Macleod→
secretary · appointed 1991-04-12 · resigned 1993-08-04
Resigned
MIELE, Anthony Alessandro Natale→
secretary · appointed 1995-01-19 · resigned 2014-02-19
Resigned
SMITH, Gillian Isabel→
secretary · appointed 2020-03-05 · resigned 2023-01-26
Resigned
BEGAN, Margaret→
director · ~53y · appointed 2019-01-17 · resigned 2025-02-10
Resigned
BLACK, Allyson Maria Doherty→
director · ~66y · appointed 2013-07-04 · resigned 2014-11-19
Resigned
COLLINS, Patricia Elizabeth→
director · ~80y · appointed 2016-05-26 · resigned 2018-12-01
Resigned
CRUICKSHANK, Leslie James William, Doctor→
director · ~68y · appointed 1991-04-12 · resigned 1994-03-02
Resigned
FLEMING, Marshall→
director · ~70y · appointed 1999-11-22 · resigned 2000-05-31
Resigned
GILLIES, Gordon Wolsey→
director · ~92y · appointed 1998-02-25 · resigned 1999-11-22
Resigned
HEGDE, Dinkar, Dr→
director · ~80y · appointed 1991-04-12 · resigned 1995-01-19
Resigned
LAURIE, Mary Anne Spicer→
director · ~85y · appointed 1993-08-04 · resigned 1994-09-30
Resigned
MACRAE, Gordon Lennox→
director · ~89y · appointed 2019-01-17 · resigned 2024-09-17
Resigned
MACRAE, Gordon Lennox→
director · ~89y · appointed 1998-01-21 · resigned 2011-08-31
Resigned
MCKELLAR, James→
director · ~79y · appointed 1995-12-18 · resigned 1996-11-11
Resigned
MIELE, Anthony Alessandro Natale→
director · ~66y · appointed 1995-01-19 · resigned 2014-02-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (136 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-02-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-01-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-26