SHETLAND ISLANDS CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

🌳Matureactive

SC176817 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1997-06-30

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 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). 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

93 officers (9 active, 93 linked, 87 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

261 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (199 events)Click to expand

2025-09-29
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officers · AP01
2025-09-17
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SIMPSON, Robert Arthur appointed
director
2025-08-27
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officers · AP01
2025-08-22
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officers · TM01
2025-08-20
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FRASER, Wendy Ann appointed
director
2025-08-20
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COSSOR, Christine Mary resigned
director
2025-07-22
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accounts · AA
2024-12-06
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MITCHELL, Gordon Gilbert resigned
director
2024-12-06
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officers · TM01
2024-09-02
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accounts · AA
2024-08-28
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officers · AP01
2024-08-28
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officers · TM01
2024-08-21
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SMITH, Malcolm George appointed
director
2024-08-21
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GASKELL, Jeffrey James resigned
director
2024-07-26
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officers · AP01
2024-07-17
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COSSOR, Christine Mary appointed
director
2024-05-28
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officers · TM01
2024-05-27
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officers · TM01
2024-05-22
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MORTON, Jane Elizabeth resigned
director
2024-05-16
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FLAWS, Lucy Margaret resigned
director
2024-04-17
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ROBERTSON, Fiona Anne resigned
director
2024-04-17
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officers · TM01
2023-10-23
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accounts · AA
2023-09-26
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officers · CH01
2023-07-26
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2023-07-19
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BELL, Denise appointed
director
2023-06-12
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officers · TM02
2023-05-30
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BAIN, Linda resigned
secretary
2023-05-16
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ARMSTRONG, Della appointed
secretary
2023-05-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-16
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2023-05-16
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2023-05-10
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RUTHVEN, Neil George resigned
director
2023-05-10
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SILVER, Gordon Ross resigned
director
2023-02-24
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BAIN, Linda appointed
secretary
2023-02-24
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EUNSON, Karen Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2023-02-24
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-02-24
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officers · AP03
2022-07-19
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MORTON, Jane Elizabeth appointed
director
2022-07-19
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RUTHVEN, Neil George appointed
director
2022-07-04
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NICHOLSON, Linda resigned
director
2021-08-20
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GEDDES, Kerry Anne Hooker appointed
director
2021-07-24
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FRASER, Karen Anne resigned
director
2019-11-19
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GASKELL, Jeffrey James appointed
director
2019-08-26
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FLAWS, Lucy Margaret appointed
director
2019-08-26
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GEMMILL, Maggie resigned
director
2019-08-26
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NICHOLSON, Linda appointed
director
2019-07-23
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HAY, Stewart Leask resigned
director
2019-03-19
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MORRISON-GALE, Phillip Michael resigned
director
2018-08-21
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SILVER, Gordon Ross appointed
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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 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

Incorporated1997-06-30

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

Market House

14 Market Street

Lerwick

Shetland

ZE1 0JP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-14

Last: 2026-01-31