DUNBEATH & DISTRICT CENTRE

🌳Matureactive

SC137444 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1992-03-30

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.

🔒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 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (46/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

45 officers (6 active, 45 linked, 37 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

166 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (105 events)Click to expand

2025-07-29
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2025-03-14
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officers · AP01
2025-03-14
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officers · TM01
2025-03-10
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O'NEILL, Leslie Alexander appointed
director
2025-03-01
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SUTHERLAND, Donna resigned
director
2025-01-29
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officers · TM01
2025-01-17
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MCINTOSH, Hannah Elizabeth resigned
director
2024-11-15
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officers · AP01
2024-10-03
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MCINTOSH, Hannah Elizabeth appointed
director
2024-08-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-18
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officers · TM01
2024-07-17
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HANNAN, Diane Margaret resigned
director
2023-10-03
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officers · TM01
2023-09-30
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BLANSHARD, Sally resigned
director
2023-08-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-14
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MEE-SHIPMAN, Amanda Louise resigned
director
2023-08-14
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NICOLSON, Kayleigh Louise resigned
director
2023-07-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
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officers · AP01
2022-12-08
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officers · AP01
2022-12-07
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MACINNES, Angus Edward appointed
director
2022-12-01
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HANNAN, Diane Margaret appointed
director
2022-09-22
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officers · AP01
2022-09-16
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NICOLSON, Kayleigh Louise appointed
director
2022-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-18
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-01-18
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-12-13
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MACLEOD, Daniel Simon appointed
secretary
2021-12-13
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ONEILL, Maureen resigned
secretary
2021-12-13
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officers · AP03
2021-12-13
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-07-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-12
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MILLER, Catriona Fenton resigned
director
2020-11-20
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WILSON, Janice resigned
director
2020-10-30
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SUTHERLAND, Donna appointed
director
2020-03-03
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MILLER, Catriona Fenton appointed
director
2019-03-01
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MEE-SHIPMAN, Amanda Louise appointed
director
2018-08-13
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ONEILL, Maureen appointed
secretary
2018-08-13
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SINCLAIR, Margaret Euphemia resigned
secretary
2018-08-13
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MACLEOD, Denise Anne resigned
director
2018-08-13
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SINCLAIR, Margaret Euphemia resigned
director
2018-01-08
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SUTHERLAND, Francis William resigned
director
2017-01-26
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SINCLAIR, Margaret Euphemia appointed
secretary
2017-01-25
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SUTHERLAND, Frank William resigned
secretary
2016-07-18
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HUTCHISON, Belinda Jane resigned
director
2016-07-11
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MACLEOD, Denise Anne appointed
director
2015-07-06
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HUTCHISON, Belinda Jane appointed
director
2015-07-06
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WILSON, Janice appointed
director
2015-04-13
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CHAMBERS, Jacqueline Susan resigned
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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-limited-exemption

Incorporated1992-03-30

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC88100 — Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

Dunbeath Centre

7 Neil Gunn Road

Dunbeath

Caithness

KW6 6EP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-12

Last: 2026-03-29