THE RIVER DEE TRUST

🌳Matureactive

SC190764 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1998-11-03

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 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (50/100)

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

29 officers (9 active, 29 linked, 25 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

116 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 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (67 events)Click to expand

2025-12-16
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2025-01-07
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2023-12-22
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2023-11-06
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2023-11-06
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2023-11-04
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2023-09-27
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FOWLER, Carol Anne resigned
director
2023-03-29
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CUTHBERT, Mike appointed
director
2023-03-29
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FINLAYSON, Guy Fredrick appointed
director
2022-11-08
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2022-10-29
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MACKAY, Hugh James resigned
director
2022-09-26
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2021-10-28
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2020-12-01
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2020-12-01
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2020-12-01
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2020-11-09
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2019-12-12
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BREMNER, Alexander appointed
director
2019-12-12
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CAMPBELL, Lucy Jane appointed
director
2019-12-12
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SPIERS, Tara appointed
director
2019-12-12
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GLEDSON, Richard Robert resigned
director
2019-12-12
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HUME, Alastair Hislop resigned
director
2019-11-20
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2018-12-28
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2017-03-13
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FOWLER, Carol Anne appointed
director
2016-04-18
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COATES, Jim resigned
director
2015-08-06
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SHAND, Mel appointed
director
2013-08-14
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SCOTT, Ian Garden resigned
director
2012-11-30
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GORDON, David Edward George resigned
director
2012-11-30
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MACKAY, Hugh James appointed
director
2012-11-30
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MORRISON, Iain Main resigned
director
2011-10-31
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NICOL, Randall Lewis appointed
secretary
2011-10-31
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BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2011-01-19
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DON, John Alexander Campbell, Justice Of The Peace (Jp) resigned
director
2010-09-16
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COATES, Jim appointed
director
2010-09-16
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GLEDSON, Richard Robert appointed
director
2010-06-17
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ORD, Peter John resigned
director
2010-03-18
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HUMPHREY, Serena Jean resigned
director
2010-03-18
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MORRISON, Iain Main appointed
director
2009-06-18
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BEAMISH, Victor Noel appointed
director
2008-12-08
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DON, John Alexander Campbell, Justice Of The Peace (Jp) appointed
director
2008-07-18
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HAWKINS, Anthony Donald, Dr resigned
director
2008-07-18
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THOMSON, Alexander David resigned
director
2007-09-27
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HUME, Alastair Hislop appointed
director
2007-09-27
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HUMPHREY, Serena Jean appointed
director
2007-09-27
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REVEL, Karl Jarvey Thomson resigned
director
2007-09-27
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SCOTT, Ian Garden appointed
director
2007-07-31
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GORDON, David Edward George 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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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

Incorporated1998-11-03

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

River Office Mill Of Dinnet

Dinnet

Aboyne

Aberdeenshire

AB34 5LA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-17

Last: 2025-11-03