VOLUNTARY GROUPS SUTHERLAND

🌳Matureactive

SC154183 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1994-11-09

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£405.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

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

Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

48 officers (8 active, 48 linked, 46 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

186 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £405,891

Cash YoY

+98%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£433k

↑ 98% YoY

Net Worth

£406k

↑ 71% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£435.2k	£270.1k
Cash	£433.2k	£218.6k
Net assets	£405.9k	£237.0k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (110 events)Click to expand

2025-11-07
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officers · TM01
2025-10-29
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MUNRO, Linda resigned
director
2025-08-11
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accounts · AA
2025-07-31
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officers · CH01
2025-07-31
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officers · CH01
2025-07-31
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officers · CH01
2025-07-31
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officers · CH01
2025-07-31
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officers · CH01
2024-11-12
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address · AD02
2024-11-12
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address · AD03
2024-10-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-26
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accounts · AA
2024-07-16
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-10
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officers · TM01
2023-10-05
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GALE, Richard Gordon resigned
director
2023-07-20
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accounts · AA
2023-02-06
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MACKAY, Christine Anne appointed
director
2023-02-06
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officers · AP01
2023-01-16
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RITCHIE, Colin Ian resigned
director
2023-01-16
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officers · TM01
2022-10-11
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officers · AP01
2022-10-07
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officers · AP01
2022-10-07
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officers · TM01
2022-10-06
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HUTCHISON, Marie-Anne Hunter appointed
director
2022-10-06
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MACKAY, Joan Alexandra Ross appointed
director
2022-10-06
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ROSS, William John resigned
director
2022-09-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-08
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FAASSEN-DE-HEER, Willem Petrus resigned
director
2022-03-08
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HOUSTON, Helen Mary resigned
director
2022-03-08
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officers · TM01
2020-10-29
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BRETT YOUNG, Michael Jonathan resigned
director
2020-10-29
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GALE, Richard Gordon appointed
director
2020-10-29
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HOUSTON, Helen Mary appointed
director
2020-10-29
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THOMSON, Flower Margt Elizabeth resigned
director
2019-10-25
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LINDSAY, Ellen Margaret appointed
director
2019-07-04
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GUNN, Frances Elisabeth appointed
director
2019-04-01
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MUNRO, Linda appointed
director
2018-11-28
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GALE, Richard Gordon resigned
director
2018-10-11
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HANNAH, David resigned
director
2018-03-22
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MURRAY, John resigned
director
2016-12-09
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MURRAY, John appointed
director
2014-06-12
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SUTHERLAND, William Murray resigned
director
2012-11-16
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ROSS, William John appointed
director
2011-11-25
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MUNRO, Ronald Stewart Pretswell resigned
director
2011-09-30
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CARSON, Peter Allan resigned
director
2011-08-15
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SUTHERLAND, William Murray appointed
director
2011-07-01
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ROSS, Christine Jean appointed
secretary
2011-07-01
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KEATINGE, Ann Margaret resigned
secretary
2011-01-27
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MCKENZIE, Sheila Agnes, Dr resigned
director
2010-11-19
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CARSON, Peter Allan appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 110 events

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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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

1 low

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1994-11-09

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

Lairg Community Centre

Main Street

Lairg

IV27 4DB

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-23

Last: 2025-11-09