SHETLAND CARE ATTENDANT SCHEME LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC172153 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1997-02-07

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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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

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 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

32 officers (7 active, 32 linked, 25 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

120 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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	3200	3200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 incorporation
• 1 resolution

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (76 events)Click to expand

2026-01-27
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-01-26
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-10-06
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officers · AP01
2025-10-03
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officers · AP01
2025-09-29
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HENDERSON, Janice appointed
director
2025-09-29
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MONCRIEFF, Leonora Jane appointed
director
2025-07-31
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officers · TM01
2025-07-24
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accounts · AA
2025-07-23
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MILLER, Alexander John resigned
director
2024-06-12
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accounts · AA
2023-10-18
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HENDERSON, William resigned
director
2023-10-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-03
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officers · AP01
2020-03-03
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officers · AP01
2020-02-12
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HANNAY, Karen Louise appointed
director
2020-02-12
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LESLIE, Hughina Jane appointed
director
2020-01-17
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accounts · AA
2019-07-04
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officers · TM01
2019-07-04
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officers · TM01
2019-07-04
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officers · TM01
2019-06-26
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SMITH, Marion resigned
director
2019-06-26
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WILLIAMSON, Doreen Jennie resigned
director
2019-04-24
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CLUNESS, Alexander Jamieson resigned
director
2018-06-26
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HALL, Robert appointed
secretary
2018-06-26
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GIFFORD, Mary resigned
secretary
2016-11-08
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YATES, Helena Evelyn resigned
director
2014-06-18
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CLUNESS, Alexander Jamieson appointed
director
2014-06-18
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WILLIAMSON, Doreen Jennie appointed
director
2012-07-15
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GIFFORD, Elizabeth resigned
director
2011-06-22
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GIFFORD, Elizabeth appointed
director
2011-06-22
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LAURENSON, Violet Ann resigned
director
2008-08-26
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JAMIESON, Margaret Gavin appointed
director
2007-09-25
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HALL, Robert Thomas appointed
director
2007-07-23
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WILLIAMSON, Alice Cumming resigned
director
2006-02-14
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GIBSON, Frances Margaret resigned
director
2005-09-14
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SUMMERS, Alice resigned
director
2005-09-14
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YEAMANS, Patricia Margaret resigned
director
2003-12-11
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GIBSON, Frances Margaret appointed
director
2003-12-11
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MILLER, Alexander John appointed
director
2003-08-15
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MACDERMID, Catherine Ann resigned
director
2003-08-15
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SIMPSON, Janet resigned
director
2003-08-04
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GIFFORD, Mary appointed
secretary
2003-03-31
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MOLLOY, Daniel resigned
secretary
2002-11-01
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SMITH, Marion appointed
director
2002-10-24
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MONTGOMERY, Nancy Elizabeth resigned
director
2002-07-11
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BAZELEY, Muriel resigned
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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
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

Incorporated1997-02-07

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

Market House

14 Market Street

Lerwick

ZE1 0JP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-03

Last: 2026-01-20