EMPLOYERS IN VOLUNTARY HOUSING LIMITED

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SC184547 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1998-04-06

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 16.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 16.4y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 16.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (49/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

68 officers (14 active, 68 linked, 65 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

201 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (149 events)Click to expand

2026-04-23
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2026-04-10
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2026-03-31
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KELLY, John resigned
director
2025-06-23
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2025-06-06
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2025-06-06
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2025-06-06
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2025-05-16
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BRYAN, Amanda Jane appointed
director
2025-05-16
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LONEY, Sandra Anne appointed
director
2025-04-16
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JOHNSTONE, Ian resigned
director
2025-02-05
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officers · TM01
2025-02-04
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MCLEARY, Robert resigned
director
2025-01-12
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2025-01-10
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RICHARDS, Malcolm resigned
director
2024-08-28
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2024-08-21
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2024-08-20
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2024-08-19
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2024-08-12
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ALCORN, Muriel Margaret appointed
director
2024-08-12
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MCMENAMIN, Sandra appointed
director
2024-08-12
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WILSON, Bryce appointed
director
2024-08-12
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KELLY, John appointed
director
2024-08-12
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RICHARDS, Malcolm appointed
director
2024-05-15
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WALLACE, Flora Sands resigned
director
2024-05-15
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2024-03-12
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2024-02-20
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A'HARA, Alison Shearer resigned
director
2024-02-20
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officers · TM01
2023-11-29
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2023-11-22
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YOUNG, Jennifer Mary Gibson resigned
director
2023-10-30
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KEENAN, Lesley Carol resigned
director
2023-10-30
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MCLARDIE, John Clingan resigned
director
2023-10-30
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2023-10-30
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2023-10-17
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2023-10-17
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2023-10-16
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MCMAHON, Paul appointed
secretary
2023-10-16
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CONNOLLY, Eamonn resigned
secretary
2023-05-19
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THORBURN, John Wallace appointed
director
2023-05-19
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TRZCIELINSKA, Izabela appointed
director
2023-05-19
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FERGUSON, John resigned
director
2023-05-19
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JOHNSTONE, Ian appointed
director
2023-05-19
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KEENAN, Lesley Carol appointed
director
2023-05-19
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KELLY, John resigned
director
2023-05-19
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WEIR, James Robertson resigned
director
2022-04-29
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MAKAR, Joginder Paul Singh appointed
director
2022-04-29
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MASON, Gordon Robert resigned
director
2021-04-22
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NEWTON, Clare Ann 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

-13 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — 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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 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

Incorporated1998-04-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC94110 — Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Registered office

137 Sauchiehall Street

5th Floor

Glasgow

City Of Glasgow

G2 3EW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-20

Last: 2026-04-06