CENTRAL BORDERS CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

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SC217973 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2001-04-10

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.

Why now

Window closing · medium confidence

Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 85 → 90

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

↑Hygiene score: 85 → 90

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (63/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

74 officers (10 active, 74 linked, 69 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

196 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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31
Average employees	7

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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 (159 events)Click to expand

2025-11-14
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2025-08-04
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2025-07-28
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DAY, Geraldine appointed
director
2025-06-16
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OFFORD, John resigned
director
2025-06-16
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SANSOM, Riley resigned
director
2025-06-16
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officers · TM01
2025-06-16
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2024-12-09
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2024-12-09
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2024-12-09
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officers · AP03
2024-12-04
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accounts · AA
2024-11-27
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PURVES, Georgina Gladys resigned
director
2024-11-26
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TURNER, Michael appointed
secretary
2024-11-26
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PEDEN, Kathryn Ann appointed
director
2024-11-18
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officers · AP01
2024-11-18
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2024-10-22
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GENTLEMAN, Kerry Elizabeth appointed
director
2024-10-22
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POPLAWSKI, Angela Elizabeth appointed
director
2024-06-11
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HAMILL-DIAMOND, Ciaran resigned
director
2024-06-11
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officers · TM01
2024-01-19
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accounts · AA
2023-10-30
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GOLDIE, John Sinclair appointed
director
2023-10-30
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2023-07-05
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2023-07-03
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O'CONNOR, Karyn Elizabeth resigned
director
2022-12-12
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accounts · AA
2022-10-26
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2022-10-25
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2022-10-25
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2022-10-04
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CROMBIE SMITH, Harry John Christopher, Dr resigned
secretary
2022-10-04
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CROMBIE SMITH, Harry John Christopher, Dr resigned
director
2022-10-04
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PURVES, Georgina Gladys appointed
director
2022-05-12
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officers · TM01
2022-05-10
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BUCKLEY, Martyn Richard resigned
director
2021-12-16
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officers · AP01
2021-12-07
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OFFORD, John appointed
director
2021-10-05
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BROWNLEE, David appointed
director
2021-10-05
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O'LEARY, Lucy Jane Mobbs resigned
director
2020-10-06
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SANSOM, Riley appointed
director
2020-01-27
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O'CONNOR, Karyn Elizabeth appointed
director
2019-10-03
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FERGUSON, John resigned
director
2019-04-29
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BROWN, Gordon resigned
director
2019-02-17
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ASHFAQ, Awais resigned
director
2018-10-03
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COX, Martin resigned
director
2018-10-03
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HAMILL-DIAMOND, Ciaran appointed
director
2018-06-11
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MARTIN, Jane resigned
director
2018-04-11
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DORWARD, Peter Francis resigned
director
2017-10-05
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TURNER, Michael appointed
director
2017-01-26
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BROWN, Gordon appointed
director
2017-01-26
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COX, Martin 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2001-04-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC88990 — Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

Registered office

111 High Street

Galashiels

Selkirkshire

TD1 1RZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-17

Last: 2026-05-03