SPIRIT AID LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC214111 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2000-12-22

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

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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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 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (51/100)

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

49 officers (6 active, 49 linked, 40 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

161 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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (112 events)Click to expand

2026-04-27
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officers · TM01
2026-04-25
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PETTIGREW, Shona Kay resigned
director
2025-12-30
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officers · TM01
2025-09-29
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accounts · AA
2025-09-01
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MACLEOD, Mhairi Jayne Gracey resigned
director
2024-09-24
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accounts · AA
2024-09-16
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address · AD01
2024-03-25
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officers · CH01
2023-11-30
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accounts · AA
2023-09-29
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accounts · AA01
2023-02-23
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address · AD01
2023-02-23
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officers · AP01
2023-02-23
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officers · TM01
2023-02-23
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officers · TM01
2023-02-23
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officers · TM01
2023-02-23
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officers · TM01
2023-01-16
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accounts · AA
2023-01-13
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2023-01-01
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GOURLAY, Alexandra resigned
director
2023-01-01
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JOHNSTON, Graeme Samuel resigned
director
2023-01-01
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LUCCHESI, Keira resigned
director
2023-01-01
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MACADAM, Gillian Mcdonald resigned
director
2023-01-01
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PETTIGREW, Shona Kay appointed
director
2022-11-29
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gazette · GAZ1
2022-01-13
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accounts · AA
2022-01-13
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accounts · AA
2019-03-05
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JOHNSTON, Graeme Samuel appointed
director
2019-03-01
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LUCCHESI, Keira appointed
director
2019-02-01
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MACLEOD, Mhairi Jayne Gracey appointed
director
2018-12-04
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MCCRUM, Martin Graeme appointed
director
2018-12-04
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RIDLEY, James Forsyth appointed
director
2018-12-04
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MACADAM, Gillian Mcdonald appointed
director
2018-06-30
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ANSELL, Stephen Richard resigned
director
2018-06-30
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DONALDSON, Findlay resigned
director
2018-06-30
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MAGUIRE, Ellen Margaret resigned
director
2018-02-09
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RAE, James Thomas Mccann resigned
director
2017-02-02
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GRIBBEN, Paul John resigned
director
2016-08-01
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ROLINK, Patrick Joseph resigned
director
2015-08-30
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CONNOLLY, Frances resigned
director
2015-08-30
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DEVLIN, John resigned
director
2015-02-03
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GIBB, Gavin Mitchell appointed
director
2015-02-03
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MAGUIRE, Ellen Margaret appointed
director
2014-09-01
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STEWART, Rachel resigned
director
2014-03-09
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CAMPBELL, Henry resigned
director
2014-03-04
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DEVLIN, John appointed
director
2014-03-04
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GOURLAY, Alexandra appointed
director
2014-03-04
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STEWART, Rachel appointed
director
2013-04-23
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GRIBBEN, Paul John appointed
director
2012-04-10
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FERGUSON, Matthew John resigned
director
2011-07-14
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RAE, James Thomas Mccann appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 112 events

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: MACLEOD, Mhairi Jayne Gracey resigned 2025-09-01; PETTIGREW, Shona Kay resigned 2026-04-25

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2000-12-22

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

Europa House

450 Argyle Street

Glasgow

G2 8LH

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-29

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-05

Last: 2025-12-22