CROSSROADS (SOUTH AYRSHIRE) CARE ATTENDANT SCHEME

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SC156846 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1995-03-23

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

£112.0k

book net assets

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

Asset-holding vehicle with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (63/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

35 officers (8 active, 35 linked, 33 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

135 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £111,959

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£140k

Net Worth

£112k

Current Assets

£144k

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31
Total assets	£112.0k
Current assets	£144.3k
Cash	£140.4k
Debtors	£3.8k
Net assets	£112.0k

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

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (81 events)Click to expand

2026-04-01
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2026-04-01
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2026-03-31
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BAILEY, Philip John resigned
director
2025-11-28
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2024-12-10
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2024-12-10
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2024-12-10
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2024-12-05
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BARCLAY, Lora appointed
director
2024-12-05
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DOUGLAS, Charles Anthony, Dr appointed
director
2024-12-05
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WALLACE, John appointed
director
2024-10-16
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2023-07-25
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2023-03-23
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2023-03-20
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WARD, Francis resigned
director
2022-09-05
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2021-10-20
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2020-12-23
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2020-12-02
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CLARK, Ann Leslie resigned
director
2020-09-23
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2020-01-14
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2020-01-14
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2020-01-14
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2019-10-11
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2018-08-06
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KELSEY, Brian Joseph appointed
director
2018-08-06
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SMITH, Nina resigned
director
2018-08-06
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SOLESBURY, Nora Scott resigned
director
2018-08-06
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WARD, Francis appointed
director
2017-08-14
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SMITH, Nina appointed
director
2017-08-01
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BREWSTER, Ian Wilson resigned
director
2016-11-04
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WILLIAMS, Sue, Dr resigned
director
2016-10-04
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CROSSLEY, Patricia appointed
director
2016-10-04
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SOLESBURY, Nora Scott appointed
director
2015-05-05
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BARBER, Derek resigned
director
2014-10-10
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CURRAN, Richard West resigned
director
2014-10-07
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CLARK, Ann Leslie appointed
director
2014-06-03
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BAILEY, Philip John appointed
director
2014-06-03
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BREWSTER, Ian Wilson appointed
director
2014-06-03
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CURRAN, Richard West appointed
director
2013-04-11
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MCCARRISON, Robert resigned
director
2012-05-10
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MCCARRISON, Robert appointed
director
2012-03-28
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SANIGAR, Zena resigned
director
2012-01-04
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MACLAREN, Donald Ian resigned
director
2010-10-05
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MCKEAND, Patricia Hannay resigned
director
2010-10-05
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MILLIGAN, William resigned
director
2010-10-05
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SANIGAR, Zena appointed
director
2010-06-21
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TERRAS, Euan Maxwell appointed
secretary
2010-06-21
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MARTIN, John Henry resigned
secretary
2008-10-07
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MCKEAND, Patricia Hannay appointed
director
2008-10-07
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RENNIE, James 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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.

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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 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

Incorporated1995-03-23

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

64 Kyle Street

Ayr

Ayrshire

KA7 1RZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-06

Last: 2026-03-23