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SC231152 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2002-05-07

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (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: 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

70 officers (6 active, 70 linked, 65 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

198 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31
Average employees	1500

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (156 events)Click to expand

2025-12-23
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accounts · AA
2025-11-13
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officers · TM01
2025-11-13
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officers · TM01
2025-11-13
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officers · TM01
2025-10-28
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CARRUTHERS, David, Reverend resigned
director
2025-10-28
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WADDELL, George resigned
director
2025-10-28
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WHITLOCK, Paul resigned
director
2025-06-19
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BENHAM, Colette Delyse appointed
director
2025-06-19
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BROWN, Jan appointed
director
2025-06-19
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officers · AP01
2025-06-19
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officers · AP01
2025-05-27
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accounts · AAMD
2024-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-29
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O'CONNOR, Daniel resigned
director
2024-07-01
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FOSTER, Alka appointed
director
2024-07-01
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officers · AP01
2023-09-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-30
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BROWN, Ernest Miller resigned
director
2023-08-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-31
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PORTER, Gordon Alexander resigned
director
2023-01-31
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WHITLOCK, Paul appointed
director
2022-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-03
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PORTER, Gordon Alexander appointed
director
2022-01-24
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-01-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-01-10
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-08-31
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STEIN, Richard Stenton, Mr. resigned
director
2021-08-17
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CARRUTHERS, David, Reverend appointed
director
2021-08-17
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GREEN, Maureen resigned
director
2021-08-17
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WADDELL, George appointed
director
2021-05-02
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CAMPBELL, Ronald, Father resigned
director
2021-05-02
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O'CONNOR, Daniel appointed
director
2020-11-03
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MACLEOD, Jane Margaret resigned
director
2020-07-07
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DAVIDSON, David Stewart appointed
director
2020-05-05
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CAMPBELL, Ronald, Father appointed
director
2020-03-02
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MCCOSH, Aileen resigned
director
2018-11-13
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STEIN, Richard Stenton, Mr. appointed
director
2018-05-08
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LAW, Andrew Reid resigned
director
2018-04-25
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MCCOSH, Aileen appointed
director
2018-04-12
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LUTWYCHE, David John resigned
director
2018-03-28
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BITTLESTON, Eleanor Dorothy appointed
director
2018-03-08
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BERTIN, Cathi resigned
director
2017-06-30
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HUNTER, Stephen Drummond resigned
director
2017-05-21
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GREEN, Maureen resigned
director

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Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

3 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

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

Evidence: CARRUTHERS, David, Reverend resigned 2025-10-28; WADDELL, George resigned 2025-10-28; WHITLOCK, Paul resigned 2025-10-28

🔒Co-director network graph

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

Incorporated2002-05-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

18 18 Argyll Street

Lochgilphead

Argyll & Bute

PA31 8NE

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-30

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-21

Last: 2025-05-07