ANNANDALE COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICES

🌳Matureactive

SC200686 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1999-10-12

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: SIC 49390

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 92-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 92). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (46/100)

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

53 officers (10 active, 53 linked, 49 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

162 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 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (115 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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2025-09-24
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2025-09-24
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2024-12-23
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HOGG, Lisa Jayne appointed
secretary
2024-12-23
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SAUNDERS, Janet resigned
secretary
2024-10-16
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2024-07-11
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2023-10-18
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2022-10-27
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2022-01-26
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2022-01-11
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MACKINTOSH, Michael Greaves appointed
director
2021-12-03
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accounts · AA
2021-11-24
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2021-11-24
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2021-11-24
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2021-11-23
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MACDONALD, Simon John appointed
director
2021-11-23
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CARD, Duncan Merrick resigned
director
2021-11-23
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SCOTT, John Henry resigned
director
2021-10-04
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officers · CH01
2021-09-30
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2021-01-22
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2021-01-20
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FERGIE, William Mackenzie resigned
director
2020-11-27
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officers · TM01
2020-11-26
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DEWAR, John Connelly resigned
director
2020-09-29
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accounts · AA
2019-12-18
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2019-11-28
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THOMPSON, Elizabeth Margaret appointed
director
2019-08-09
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DUNCKLEY, Jan resigned
director
2019-07-30
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DUNCKLEY, Jan appointed
director
2018-07-17
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CARD, Duncan Merrick appointed
director
2018-07-11
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NISBET, James Anthony resigned
director
2016-11-10
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CRICHTON, Hazel Mary appointed
director
2016-11-10
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DZIEWIENTKOWSKI-DAVIS, Francis appointed
director
2016-11-10
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FARRELL, Peter appointed
director
2016-10-13
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PURVES, Andrew John resigned
director
2016-09-30
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HEAL, David Lawrence resigned
director
2016-04-19
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TORRINGTON, Keith Malcolm resigned
director
2015-10-22
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BONCEY, David resigned
director
2015-10-22
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HEAL, David Lawrence appointed
director
2015-10-22
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NISBET, James Anthony appointed
director
2015-09-23
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HENDERSON, Phillip Russell resigned
director
2015-08-18
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JENSEN, Erik Selmer appointed
director
2015-03-16
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JACK, Thomas resigned
director
2015-01-05
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HUNTER GRANT, William Donald resigned
director
2014-12-02
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JACK, Thomas appointed
director
2014-10-31
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MCDONALD, Robert Mcmillan resigned
director
2014-08-28
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FERRIE, Gordon Gilfillan resigned
director
2014-03-18
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FERGIE, William Mackenzie appointed
director
2013-10-31
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BURTON, Diana Isabella resigned
director
2013-06-18
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HENDERSON, Phillip Russell 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

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 92 — 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 92 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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

Incorporated1999-10-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

72-74 High Street

Lockerbie

Dumfriesshire

DG11 2AA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-15

Last: 2025-10-01