COLUMCILLE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC159925 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1995-08-22

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: Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). 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

28 officers (8 active, 28 linked, 23 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

115 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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (67 events)Click to expand

2025-12-16
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2024-12-30
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2024-01-09
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2023-01-04
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2022-12-01
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2022-11-22
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2021-12-15
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accounts · AA
2021-10-27
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officers · AP03
2021-10-27
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officers · TM02
2021-10-25
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REDWOOD, John Murray appointed
secretary
2021-10-25
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DAWSON, Martin resigned
secretary
2020-12-13
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accounts · AA
2020-01-13
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officers · TM01
2019-12-16
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accounts · AA
2019-10-28
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SCOBIE, Patricia Marion resigned
director
2019-08-27
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officers · CH01
2019-08-27
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officers · CH01
2019-08-27
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officers · CH01
2019-08-27
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2019-02-04
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KONDRACKI, Sara, Dr appointed
director
2018-12-20
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2018-11-23
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2018-11-12
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EXTON, Tracey Lee resigned
director
2017-12-04
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O'BRIEN, Susi appointed
director
2017-12-04
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LOWE, Linda Evelyn Joyce resigned
director
2016-04-25
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TREE, Layla appointed
director
2015-12-07
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HANLIN, John appointed
director
2015-12-07
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MUNSTERHJELM, Kristine resigned
director
2014-12-01
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BODDY, Sidney Harold, Dr resigned
director
2014-10-27
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EXTON, Tracey Lee appointed
director
2014-07-07
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ROWLANDS, Lindsey Anne appointed
director
2014-04-28
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HARDIE, Mary Denovan resigned
director
2013-12-02
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MCINTOSH, Ian Mackenzie resigned
director
2009-12-08
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HARDIE, Mary Denovan appointed
director
2009-12-08
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SYME, Andrew John resigned
director
2007-08-14
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LOWE, Linda Evelyn Joyce appointed
director
2007-04-18
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BENNET, Alexander Bruce resigned
director
2006-04-25
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BENNET, Alexander Bruce appointed
director
2005-07-04
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LYALL, Rosalind Mary, Dr resigned
director
2005-06-23
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REED, Jack resigned
director
2005-02-15
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BODDY, Sidney Harold, Dr appointed
director
2004-10-26
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WOOD, Arthur Murdoch Mactaggart resigned
director
2004-06-22
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GOODWIN, Alison appointed
director
2004-06-22
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DAWSON, Martin appointed
secretary
2004-06-22
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WOOD, Arthur Murdoch Mactaggart resigned
secretary
2004-03-09
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MCKEAN, Alan appointed
director
2004-03-09
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EDMONSTONE, Elizabeth Anne resigned
director
2004-03-09
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MCINTOSH, Ian Mackenzie appointed
director
2004-03-09
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SCOBIE, Patricia Marion appointed
director
2004-03-09
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SYME, Andrew 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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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

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

Incorporated1995-08-22

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

2 Newbattle Terrace

Edinburgh

Lothian,

EH10 4RT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-20

Last: 2025-09-06