THE ESKDALE FOUNDATION

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SC164538 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1996-03-29

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 20.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

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

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 91). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.3y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 20.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (47/100)

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

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

68 officers (12 active, 68 linked, 58 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

208 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (148 events)Click to expand

2026-04-23
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officers · AP01
2026-04-14
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DICKSON, Robert appointed
director
2026-04-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-10
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DRYBURGH, Archie resigned
director
2025-07-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-02
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GREYBE, Elizabeth Ann appointed
secretary
2025-06-02
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COUPERTHWAITE, Carly Marie resigned
secretary
2025-06-02
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-06-02
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-04-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-08
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MORRISON, Thomas resigned
director
2025-01-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-03
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GALLOWAY, John Graham appointed
director
2025-01-03
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GREYBE, Elizabeth Ann appointed
director
2024-11-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-14
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CLEMENT, Stuart Martin resigned
director
2024-11-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-02
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-29
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WILSON, Carol Louise resigned
director
2023-10-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-13
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LITTLE, Jacqueline Ann appointed
director
2023-09-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-03-24
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COUPERTHWAITE, Carly Marie appointed
secretary
2022-03-15
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-03-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-11
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ANDERSON, Roderick Mackenzie resigned
secretary
2022-03-11
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ANDERSON, Roderick Mackenzie resigned
director
2022-02-03
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NEILL, Katie Elizabeth appointed
director
2022-02-03
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FOSTER, Ian James resigned
director
2021-08-23
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HODGSON, Mark Robert resigned
director
2021-04-25
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CLEMENT, Stuart Martin appointed
director
2020-03-10
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ANDERSON, Roderick Mackenzie appointed
secretary
2020-01-17
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Scottish Ministers
2020-01-14
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FOSTER, Ian James appointed
director
2020-01-14
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WILSON, Carol Louise appointed
director
2019-11-26
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HODGSON, Mark Robert appointed
director
2019-10-31
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ANDERSON, Roderick Mackenzie appointed
director
2019-10-30
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HUGHES, Dorothy resigned
director
2019-04-15
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SANDERSON, John Irving appointed
director
2019-04-15
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HUGHES, Dorothy appointed
director
2019-04-01
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TAIT, Stella appointed
director
2019-03-28
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REID, May Mary Walker Smith resigned
director
2019-03-27
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JOHNSTONE, Morag resigned
director
2019-03-26
➖
HARKNESS, Elizabeth 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

-11 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — 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 91 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: COUPERTHWAITE, Carly Marie resigned 2025-06-02; DRYBURGH, Archie resigned 2025-12-10

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1996-03-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Eskdale Sports & Leisure Centre

Thomas Telford Road

Langholm

Dumfriesshire

DG13 0BL

United Kingdom

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