BALLANTRAE RURAL INITIATIVE CARE IN THE COMMUNITY LIMITED

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SC181899 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1998-01-02

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

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£1.97M

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other human health activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 90-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 90). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

43 officers (10 active, 43 linked, 39 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

150 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,971,060

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.2m

Net Worth

£2.0m

Current Assets

£1.3m

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30
Total assets	£1.97M
Current assets	£1.28M
Cash	£1.21M
Debtors	£72.4k
Net assets	£1.97M

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

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (97 events)Click to expand

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BIRCH, Georgette appointed
director
2024-11-18
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BIRCH, Justin James appointed
director
2024-11-18
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CAMPBELL, Gwendoline Anne appointed
director
2024-11-18
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MCDONALD, Stuart appointed
director
2024-11-18
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MCGINLAY, Aileen Margaret appointed
director
2024-07-02
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2024-05-27
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DALRYMPLE, Robert Hew resigned
director
2023-11-13
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DAVIDSON, Jean Caldwell resigned
director
2023-11-13
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DUNLOP, Jean Bennie resigned
director
2023-11-13
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MCCULLOCH, Janet Davidson resigned
director
2023-11-13
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2023-09-28
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2022-09-10
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2022-05-01
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FAIRBAIRN, Gavin James, Professor resigned
director
2021-11-07
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2021-10-01
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MCWHIRTER, Mary Jane Anderson Mccormick resigned
director
2021-10-01
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VOCE, Jean resigned
director
2021-10-01
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WRIGHT, Sandra resigned
director
2021-09-28
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2020-07-31
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MCNALLY, Colin John resigned
director
2018-05-01
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MACINTYRE, Teresa appointed
director
2017-12-10
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WILKINSON, Arrick resigned
director
2015-03-04
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FAIRBAIRN, Gavin James, Professor appointed
director
2015-03-04
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HUNT, Linden Irene resigned
director
2015-03-04
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PETERKIN, Jean Brodie resigned
director
2015-03-04
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WILKINSON, Arrick appointed
director
2012-02-24
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STEVENSON, Amelia Binnie resigned
secretary
2012-02-24
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PETERKIN, Jean Brodie appointed
director
2011-02-25
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LOVE, Neville Brian resigned
director
2010-02-02
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BEAN, Margaret resigned
director
2009-01-30
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MCNALLY, Colin John appointed
secretary
2009-01-30
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MCAULAY, Anna Marie resigned
director
2009-01-30
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MCNALLY, Colin John appointed
director
2008-02-05
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BEAN, Margaret appointed
director
2007-07-31
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PATEL, Margaret Julia resigned
director
2006-05-10
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PARK, Lesley Anne 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

-9 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 90 — 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 90 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

Incorporated1998-01-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

12 Main Street

Ballantrae

Girvan

Ayrshire

KA26 0NB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-12

Last: 2025-06-28