DUMFRIES DAY CENTRE FOR OLDER PEOPLE

🌳Matureactive

SC162438 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1995-12-29

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

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: 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

40 officers (8 active, 40 linked, 35 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

160 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

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (92 events)Click to expand

2026-01-21
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MILLAR, Maureen Anne resigned
director
2026-01-21
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officers · TM01
2026-01-06
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accounts · AA
2025-11-25
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officers · AP01
2025-11-24
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CHRISTIE, Catherine Ann appointed
director
2025-05-20
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officers · TM01
2025-05-19
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MCVITTIE, Margaret Jane resigned
director
2024-12-31
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accounts · AA
2024-12-19
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officers · TM01
2024-11-18
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BAIRD, Pamela Ann resigned
director
2024-01-04
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officers · AP01
2024-01-04
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officers · CH01
2023-12-14
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accounts · AA
2023-12-04
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CHRISTER, Lisa Margaret appointed
director
2023-01-05
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accounts · AA
2022-11-29
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officers · AP01
2022-11-21
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WEST, Andrew Royle appointed
director
2022-05-10
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officers · TM01
2022-05-06
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SHANKS, Gary John resigned
director
2021-12-22
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accounts · AA
2021-12-02
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2021-12-02
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2021-12-02
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2021-11-27
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PATEL, Karen Sandra resigned
director
2021-09-24
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officers · TM01
2021-09-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-09-24
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2021-09-20
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WAUGH, Larraine resigned
director
2020-11-18
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LYPKA, Karen resigned
director
2020-11-04
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GREAVES-MACKINTOSH, Michael Christopher appointed
director
2020-11-04
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MILLAR, Maureen Anne appointed
director
2019-12-19
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BUDYN, Ann-Marie resigned
director
2019-08-15
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LYPKA, Karen appointed
director
2019-08-15
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SHANKS, Gary John appointed
director
2018-08-10
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PATEL, Karen Sandra appointed
director
2018-08-10
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PICKERING, Rebecca Joyce Ada resigned
director
2017-10-03
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BRIGGS, Angela May resigned
director
2017-07-06
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MCHARDY, Rae appointed
director
2017-07-06
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LAUDER, John resigned
director
2017-07-06
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WALKER, Ian Mylechrane resigned
director
2017-05-18
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NODWELL, James Bogie resigned
director
2016-07-21
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HAMILTON, Elizabeth Helen appointed
director
2016-07-21
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MCVITTIE, Margaret Jane appointed
director
2015-10-25
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MANSON, Frank Nicol resigned
director
2015-02-08
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LINDSAY, Lesley Veitch resigned
director
2014-08-05
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PICKERING, Rebecca Joyce Ada appointed
director
2014-06-03
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HAINING, Elizabeth Mary Hunter resigned
director
2013-09-06
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CUNNINGHAM-JARDINE CVO, Ronald Charles, Captain resigned
director
2013-07-18
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BRETT, Colin Matthew resigned
director
2013-04-02
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HENDERSON, Scott George appointed
secretary

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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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Scott George Henderson Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1974 · age 52	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	02/12/2021

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Karen Sandra Patelceased 28/11/2021· significant influence
Mrs Larraine Waughceased 20/09/2021· significant influence
Ms Ann-Marie Budynceased 19/12/2019· 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-limited-exemption

Incorporated1995-12-29

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

Cumberland Street

Dumfries

Dumfries & Galloway

DG1 2JX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-12

Last: 2025-12-29