GIRVAN YOUTH TRUST

🌳Matureactive

SC202628 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1999-12-23

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 19.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2024

Net worth

£679.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.1y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 19.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (62/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

57 officers (11 active, 57 linked, 52 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

169 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £679,638

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£312k

Net Worth

£680k

Current Assets

£315k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-03-31
Total assets	£679.6k
Current assets	£315.4k
Cash	£312.1k
Debtors	£3.2k
Net assets	£679.6k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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3 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (122 events)Click to expand

2025-10-14
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accounts · AA
2024-12-18
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officers · AP01
2024-12-18
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officers · CH01
2024-10-28
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BROWN, Allan Jackson appointed
director
2024-08-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
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officers · AP01
2023-12-22
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officers · AP01
2023-07-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-09
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MCNEILL, Cari appointed
director
2023-01-14
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officers · TM01
2022-10-13
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JOHNSON, Sheona appointed
director
2022-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-31
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ROSSI, Maria Elvira resigned
director
2021-12-14
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officers · TM01
2021-10-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
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MORLAND, Amanda Jayne resigned
director
2020-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-24
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HUNTER, David Thomas Mcmillan resigned
director
2019-12-24
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MCCAFFERTY, Paul resigned
director
2019-12-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-12-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-12-24
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-12-11
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ROSSI, Maria Elvira appointed
director
2019-10-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-06-27
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SMITH, Emma Claire resigned
director
2017-06-30
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SKILLING, Gary James appointed
secretary
2017-06-30
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BARONELLO, Tanina appointed
director
2017-06-30
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MCMANUS, Julie appointed
director
2017-06-30
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HANDLEY, Barbara resigned
secretary
2017-06-30
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HANDLEY, Barbara resigned
director
2017-06-30
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HUNTER, David Thomas Mcmillan appointed
director
2017-06-30
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MULVIHILL, Krysia resigned
director
2017-06-30
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RATTRAY, Pauline Mary resigned
director
2016-09-07
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MCKIE, Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2016-06-22
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LINDSAY, James Charles Stewart appointed
director
2016-06-22
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SKILLING, Gary James appointed
director
2016-06-22
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VALDRIGHI, Alessandro Giovani appointed
director
2016-06-22
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HANDLEY, Barbara appointed
secretary
2016-06-22
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MCKIE, Elizabeth resigned
director
2016-06-22
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O'DONNELL, Margaret Joyce resigned
director
2016-06-22
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SMITH, Emma Claire appointed
director
2016-06-22
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WILSON, Scott resigned
director
2016-02-26
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MCCORMICK, Claire Catherine Edith resigned
director
2016-01-26
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HANDLEY, Barbara appointed
director
2016-01-26
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HENDLEY, Barbara resigned
director
2015-06-30
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DOUGLAS, Laura Jane appointed
director
2015-06-30
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WAUGH, Pamela Ferguson appointed
director
2015-06-30
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BLACK, Gillian Margaret resigned
director
2015-06-30
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COPLAND, Louise resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 122 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

Incorporated1999-12-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

154 Dalrymple Street

Girvan

South Ayrshire

KA26 9BQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-28

Last: 2025-12-14