CARERS CENTRES PROJECT FOR DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY

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SC166447 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1996-06-21

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 information service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (48/100)

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

49 officers (10 active, 49 linked, 40 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

153 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 accounts
• 1 incorporation
• 1 resolution

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (109 events)Click to expand

2026-01-06
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accounts · AA
2025-11-06
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incorporation · MA
2025-11-05
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-08-27
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officers · AP01
2025-08-27
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officers · AP01
2025-08-27
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officers · TM01
2025-08-27
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officers · TM01
2025-04-30
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MOFFAT, Margaret appointed
director
2025-04-30
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MULLAN, Ruaidhri appointed
director
2025-01-23
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GOUGH, Joe resigned
director
2025-01-08
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officers · AP01
2024-12-23
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accounts · AA
2024-12-01
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PARKER, James Jackson resigned
director
2024-10-17
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WALLACE, Chris appointed
director
2024-09-23
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officers · TM01
2024-04-01
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LITTLE, Rae resigned
director
2023-12-18
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accounts · AA
2023-04-05
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officers · TM01
2023-04-05
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officers · AP01
2023-04-05
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officers · AP01
2022-12-20
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accounts · AA
2022-11-14
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officers · TM01
2022-10-14
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RIDDING, Martin resigned
director
2022-06-10
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SMITH, Shelley resigned
director
2021-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-11-05
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GORMAN, Janice Anne appointed
director
2021-11-05
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HAINING, Lorraine Josephine appointed
director
2021-09-30
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officers · AP01
2021-09-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-09-30
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officers · TM01
2021-09-24
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DAVIS, John Peter resigned
director
2021-06-30
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SAVILLE, Hilda resigned
director
2021-04-22
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SMITH, Shelley appointed
director
2021-04-22
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TWEEDIE, Avril resigned
director
2020-01-17
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GOURLAY, Marion appointed
director
2018-12-14
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SAVILLE, Hilda appointed
director
2018-11-16
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TWEEDIE, Avril appointed
director
2018-10-05
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COPELAND, Gail appointed
director
2018-09-20
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BROWN, Patricia Mary resigned
director
2018-01-17
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GOUGH, Joe appointed
director
2017-06-23
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ROGAN, Martin resigned
director
2016-09-21
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BRYCE, Lesley resigned
director
2016-05-27
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PARKER, James Jackson appointed
director
2016-05-27
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RIDDING, Martin appointed
director
2016-04-16
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MCTURK, Monica resigned
director
2015-03-31
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ZAMAN, Barbara Elizabeth resigned
director
2014-05-23
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GILMOUR, Rebecca Louise resigned
director
2014-04-04
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MCTURK, Monica appointed
director
2013-12-13
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BRYCE, Lesley appointed
director
2013-12-13
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LITTLE, Rae appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 109 events

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

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — 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 88 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1996-06-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC63990 — Other information service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

2-6 Nith Street

Dumfries

DG1 2PW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-01

Last: 2025-09-17