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SC212773 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2000-11-10

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 25.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). 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: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 25.1y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 25.1 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: 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

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

Directors & officers

18 officers (7 active, 18 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

101 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

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand

2025-11-03
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officers · TM01
2025-11-01
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COOK, Clare resigned
director
2025-09-18
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officers · AP01
2025-09-15
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BLAIR, Helen, Mrs. appointed
director
2025-09-10
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accounts · AA
2024-09-18
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accounts · AA
2023-09-15
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officers · AP01
2023-09-14
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accounts · AA
2023-09-04
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AITKEN, Elsie appointed
director
2022-09-22
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accounts · AA
2021-10-01
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accounts · AA
2021-02-17
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officers · CH01
2020-10-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-15
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officers · CH01
2020-10-15
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officers · CH01
2020-09-18
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officers · AP01
2020-09-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-09-14
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COOK, Clare appointed
director
2020-09-14
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ROY, Stephen resigned
director
2019-09-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-24
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accounts · AA
2017-09-05
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OMALE, Sams Arome appointed
director
2017-09-05
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MURRAY, Margaret resigned
director
2015-09-15
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ROY, Stephen appointed
director
2015-09-15
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SMITH, Andrew resigned
director
2014-12-31
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GIBB, Heather resigned
director
2014-12-31
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GILCHRIST, Julie resigned
director
2014-09-30
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CURLE, George resigned
director
2011-09-27
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GIBB, Heather appointed
director
2010-06-01
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DARROCH, Richard John Gilmour, Rev resigned
director
2009-09-15
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GILCHRIST, Julie appointed
director
2009-09-15
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ROY, Stephen resigned
director
2007-09-18
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COOK, Margaret Mcalpine appointed
director
2007-09-18
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DARROCH, Richard John Gilmour, Rev appointed
director
2007-09-18
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MURRAY, Margaret appointed
director
2007-09-18
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ROY, Stephen appointed
director
2006-08-25
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YOUNG, Marlyn Walker appointed
director
2004-08-01
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SNEDDON & CO (TRUSTEES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2001-03-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: West Lothian Council
2001-03-26
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SMITH, Andrew appointed
director
2001-03-05
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COOK, Robert Lambie appointed
secretary
2000-11-10
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Company incorporated
As ANSWER PROJECT
2000-11-10
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COOK, Robert Lambie appointed
director
2000-11-10
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SNEDDON & CO (TRUSTEES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2000-11-10
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CURLE, George appointed
director
2000-11-10
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-11-10
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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

Incorporated2000-11-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC88100 — Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

C/O Brian Maloney

15a West End West Calder

West Lothian

EH55 8EH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-21

Last: 2025-11-07