THE SCOTTISH SPINA BIFIDA ASSOCIATION

🌳Matureactive

SC213050 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2000-11-21

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 20.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other human health activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). 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 20.6y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 20.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

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

Directors & officers

49 officers (14 active, 49 linked, 47 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

158 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

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (108 events)Click to expand

2025-11-11
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2025-09-16
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2025-09-16
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2025-09-16
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2025-09-16
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2025-09-03
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CAMPBELL, Emer Elizabeth appointed
director
2025-09-03
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GRAHAM, Joanne appointed
director
2025-05-21
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officers · TM01
2025-05-07
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WILSON, Brenda Clarke resigned
director
2025-04-29
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2025-04-29
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2025-03-11
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2025-03-11
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2025-03-11
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2025-02-12
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CARLIN, Anthony Francis appointed
director
2025-02-12
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DEVLIN, June Frances appointed
director
2025-02-12
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FLEMING, Morag Barbara appointed
director
2025-02-12
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ROSS, Douglas Bruce appointed
director
2025-01-16
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officers · TM01
2025-01-15
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SAMUEL, Peter Michael resigned
director
2025-01-14
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2024-12-24
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CARLIN, Anthony Francis resigned
director
2024-12-24
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2024-12-05
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CARLIN, Anthony Francis appointed
director
2024-11-20
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2024-11-13
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ROSS, Douglas Bruce appointed
director
2024-11-13
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ROSS, Douglas Bruce resigned
director
2024-11-12
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2024-10-10
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2024-10-07
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DEVLIN, June Frances appointed
director
2024-10-07
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DEVLIN, June Frances resigned
director
2024-09-11
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2024-09-11
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2024-09-04
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BEST, Jonathan Ross resigned
director
2024-09-04
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SCOTT, William Sadler resigned
director
2023-11-30
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2023-10-23
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COWAN, Lawrence Alexander appointed
secretary
2023-10-20
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WYND, Andrew Henry Dickson resigned
secretary
2023-09-06
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MCDOUGALL, John resigned
director
2023-05-17
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SHER, Jonathan Paul, Dr resigned
director
2023-04-17
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HOWIE, Scott resigned
director
2022-09-07
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FALCONER, Fraser Douglas resigned
director
2022-09-07
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SHER, Jonathan Paul, Dr appointed
director
2020-09-16
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MCDOUGALL, John appointed
director
2018-09-12
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BROWN, Harold Gerald appointed
director
2018-09-12
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HUMES, William Harrison resigned
director
2016-09-06
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HOWIE, Scott appointed
director
2016-08-17
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WILSON, Brenda Clarke 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

-13 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 77 — 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 77 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

Incorporated2000-11-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

The Dan Young Building

6 Craighalbert Way

Dullatur

Glasgow

G68 0LS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-06

Last: 2025-10-23