AUCHENBACK ACTIVE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC226224 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2001-12-12

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£99.2k

book net assets

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

Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

45 officers (6 active, 45 linked, 41 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

127 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £99,163

Cash YoY

+49%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£99k

↑ 49% YoY

Net Worth

£99k

↑ 46% YoY

Current Assets

£102k

↑ 46% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£519.5k	£502.6k
Current assets	£102.2k	£70.0k
Cash	£99.2k	£66.7k
Debtors	£3.1k	£3.3k
Net assets	£99.2k	£67.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (102 events)Click to expand

2026-04-21
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HUGHES, Gerrard Morris resigned
director
2026-04-21
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officers · TM01
2026-01-23
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officers · TM01
2026-01-20
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DOUGLAS, Joan resigned
director
2025-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-15
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officers · AP01
2023-06-14
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DOUGLAS, Joan appointed
director
2023-02-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-11
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accounts · AA
2021-12-09
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officers · TM01
2021-08-16
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CONNELLY, Margaret resigned
director
2021-05-05
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accounts · AAMD
2021-04-12
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officers · TM01
2021-04-12
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officers · CH01
2021-04-09
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DURIE, Laura resigned
director
2021-03-30
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accounts · AA
2019-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-20
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accounts · AA
2018-05-10
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officers · AP03
2018-05-10
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officers · AP01
2018-05-01
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GRIBBIN, Louise Anne resigned
director
2018-05-01
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HUGHES, Gerrard Morris appointed
director
2018-04-03
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HUGHES, Janette appointed
secretary
2018-03-26
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SIMPSON, Catherine Connelly resigned
director
2018-03-12
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KING, Margaret resigned
director
2018-02-06
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CAIRNS, Emma Jane appointed
director
2018-02-06
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CAIRNS, Jennifer Lynn appointed
director
2017-10-25
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LEONARD, Mary resigned
director
2017-10-24
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LEONARD, Mary resigned
secretary
2016-06-07
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DURIE, Laura appointed
director
2016-03-03
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GRIBBIN, Louise Anne appointed
director
2016-03-03
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SMITH, John resigned
director
2015-04-14
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TAIT, Jack resigned
director
2014-03-31
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LEONARD, Mary appointed
secretary
2014-03-31
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SMITH, John resigned
secretary
2014-02-01
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HUGHES, Janette appointed
director
2011-12-07
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TURNBULL, Marie resigned
director
2011-04-05
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LEONARD, Mary appointed
director
2011-02-01
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COLLINS, Jacqueline resigned
director
2011-02-01
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KING, Margaret appointed
director
2010-04-13
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KARDASZ-CHOINSKA, Jowita Joanna resigned
director
2010-04-13
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ROWAND, Wallace Stewart resigned
director
2009-10-06
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COLLINS, Jacqueline appointed
director
2009-10-06
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HAMILTON, Alexandrina resigned
director
2009-10-06
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KARDASZ-CHOINSKA, Jowita Joanna appointed
director
2009-10-06
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ROWAND, Wallace Stewart appointed
director
2009-10-06
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TAIT, Jack appointed
director
2009-06-03
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HUSSAIN, Ambreen resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 102 events

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

-5 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.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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: DOUGLAS, Joan resigned 2026-01-20; HUGHES, Gerrard Morris resigned 2026-04-21

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2001-12-12

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

64 Aurs Drive

Barrhead

Glasgow

G78 2LW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-25

Last: 2026-03-11