PITLAIR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC164594 · ltd · incorporated 1996-04-01
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 29.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residential nursing care activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). 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: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 29.3y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
126 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees58005700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-02-01
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    MCINTOSH, Gillian Elisabeth appointed
    director
  4. 2024-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-10
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    CCW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  6. 2024-05-10
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2023-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-04-12
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  9. 2022-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  13. 2018-06-29
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  14. 2017-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  15. 2016-07-26
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  16. 2016-04-27
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  17. 2016-04-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2015-06-04
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    Charge satisfied #4
  19. 2009-11-27
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    NELSON, Virginia Ann resigned
    director
  20. 2006-12-01
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2006-11-29
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2006-10-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 1999-03-31
    ➕
    CCW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 1999-03-31
    ➖
    PAGAN MACBETH resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1997-02-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  26. 1997-01-31
    ➕
    MCINTOSH, Lachlan Murdoch appointed
    director
  27. 1997-01-31
    ➖
    CLARKE, John Bernard resigned
    nominee-director
  28. 1997-01-31
    ➕
    NELSON, Virginia Ann appointed
    director
  29. 1997-01-31
    ➕
    REEKIE, Gavin John appointed
    director
  30. 1997-01-31
    ➖
    REEKIE, Gavin John resigned
    director
  31. 1997-01-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  32. 1996-06-18
    ➕
    MCINTOSH, Janetta Joyce appointed
    director
  33. 1996-04-01
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    Company incorporated
    As PITLAIR LIMITED
  34. 1996-04-01
    ➕
    PAGAN MACBETH appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 1996-04-01
    ➕
    CLARKE, John Bernard appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Janetta Joyce Mcintosh
Individual · British · DOB 09/1947 · age 79
75–100%
—75-100% shares · firm interest06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-04-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC87100 — Residential nursing care activities

Registered office

Pitlair House
Bow Of Fife
By Cupar
Fife
KY15 5RF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

MCINTOSH, Gillian Elisabeth→
director · ~56y · appointed 2025-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCINTOSH, Janetta Joyce→
director · ~79y · appointed 1996-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCINTOSH, Lachlan Murdoch→
director · ~80y · appointed 1997-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CCW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-03-31 · resigned 2024-05-10
Resigned
PAGAN MACBETH→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-04-01 · resigned 1999-03-31
Resigned
CLARKE, John Bernard→
nominee-director · ~71y · appointed 1996-04-01 · resigned 1997-01-31
Resigned
NELSON, Virginia Ann→
director · ~85y · appointed 1997-01-31 · resigned 2009-11-27
Resigned
REEKIE, Gavin John→
director · ~82y · appointed 1997-01-31 · resigned 1997-01-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property29/11/200604/06/2015
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property20/10/2006—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property21/02/1997—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property29/01/199701/12/2006
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Recent filings (126 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-12
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-12
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2023-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-19