ARGYLL AND BUTE CARE AND REPAIR

🌳Matureactive

SC221948 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2001-08-07

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 steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 22.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

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

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other human health activities

Sector: Human health & social work

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

96040Physical well-being activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.8y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 22.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

42 officers (10 active, 42 linked, 39 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

129 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	13	1200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (98 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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2025-08-27
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officers · CH01
2025-04-29
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officers · AP01
2025-04-29
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2025-04-29
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officers · TM01
2025-04-29
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officers · TM01
2024-12-19
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MILLWARD, David Stuart resigned
director
2024-11-21
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accounts · AA
2024-11-19
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RIZOS, Claire Catherine appointed
director
2024-08-28
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HORN, Anne, Councillor appointed
director
2024-08-28
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MCFADZEAN, Douglas resigned
director
2024-05-22
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officers · AP01
2024-05-22
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officers · TM01
2024-05-22
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officers · TM01
2024-04-25
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CORNER, Garret Andrew resigned
director
2024-04-25
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MCFADZEAN, Douglas appointed
director
2023-12-29
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accounts · AA
2023-12-07
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HORN, Anne, Councillor resigned
director
2022-12-08
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officers · TM01
2022-12-08
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officers · AP01
2022-12-07
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accounts · AA
2022-11-28
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MACPHAIL, Iona appointed
director
2022-11-28
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DAVEY, Anthony George resigned
director
2022-10-31
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officers · AP01
2022-10-18
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SADLER, Brett appointed
director
2022-09-22
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officers · AP01
2022-08-26
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CORNER, Garret Andrew appointed
director
2022-08-03
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officers · AP01
2022-08-03
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officers · CH01
2022-08-03
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officers · TM01
2022-05-25
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HARDIE, Graham Archibald appointed
director
2022-05-25
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PATERSON, Iain Shonny resigned
director
2022-05-19
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2022-03-31
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RENFREW, William Colin Ferguson resigned
director
2021-12-08
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mortgage · MR04
2021-12-08
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Charge satisfied #1
2020-10-28
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CURRIE, Robin Anderson resigned
director
2020-10-28
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PATERSON, Iain Shonny appointed
director
2020-03-18
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MILLWARD, David Stuart appointed
director
2017-10-10
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MACDONALD, Evelyn resigned
director
2014-06-30
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OATTS, Alasdair Henry James resigned
secretary
2014-05-30
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HUNTER, Bette Pallisgaard resigned
director
2014-01-23
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CURRIE, Robin Anderson appointed
director
2014-01-23
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FREEMAN, George Stewart resigned
director
2012-11-13
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NEIL, Cy resigned
director
2012-07-18
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ROBERTSON, Elaine Murray appointed
director
2012-07-18
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FREEMAN, George Stewart appointed
director
2012-05-17
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BENHAM, Colette Delyse appointed
director
2012-04-04
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MCINNES, Lesley Margaret appointed
director
2012-04-04
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CURRIE, Robin Anderson resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 98 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

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
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

Incorporated2001-08-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

5 Stafford Street

Oban

Argyll

PA34 5NJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-21

Last: 2025-08-07