CROSSROADS (NORTH ARGYLL) CARE ATTENDANT SCHEME

🌳Matureactive

SC231988 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2002-05-24

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.

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

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not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other human health activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (46/100)

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

36 officers (8 active, 36 linked, 31 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

115 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (86 events)Click to expand

2026-07-09
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2026-07-02
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MILNE, Barbara Emily M appointed
director
2026-05-22
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officers · TM01
2026-05-20
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MILLER, Fiona resigned
director
2025-07-28
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accounts · AA
2025-06-26
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officers · AP01
2025-06-25
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2025-06-23
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DUNCAN, Katrina appointed
director
2025-06-23
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MACKINNON, Morag appointed
director
2024-07-04
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accounts · AA
2024-05-09
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2024-05-06
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2024-04-30
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2024-04-29
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DUNCAN, Linda Jane appointed
secretary
2024-04-29
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officers · TM01
2024-04-26
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LONGBOTTON, Hugh Peter resigned
director
2024-04-25
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2024-04-15
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R A CLEMENT ASSOCIATES resigned
corporate-secretary
2023-08-14
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accounts · AA
2023-06-21
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2023-06-20
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2023-06-20
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2023-06-20
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2023-03-15
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WHITE, Phillip appointed
director
2022-10-24
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address · AD01
2022-09-15
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ROBERTSON, Joan Gallacher appointed
director
2022-06-30
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CLARK, Elizabeth resigned
director
2022-02-04
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MILLER, Fiona appointed
director
2021-11-30
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LIVERSEDGE, Karen resigned
director
2021-02-01
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TIMMINS, Annie resigned
director
2021-01-27
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KING, Lorraine resigned
director
2020-10-19
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GRIEVE, Sandra Burns Arnott appointed
director
2020-02-01
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KING, Lorraine appointed
director
2018-10-26
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GREIG, Evelyn resigned
director
2018-01-22
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TIMMINS, Annie appointed
director
2016-08-30
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CLARK, Elizabeth appointed
director
2016-05-09
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MORRISON, Elliot resigned
director
2016-04-27
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R A CLEMENT ASSOCIATES appointed
corporate-secretary
2016-01-28
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HUNTER, Bette Pallisgaard resigned
secretary
2015-06-15
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GREIG, Evelyn appointed
director
2014-07-30
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OATTS, Alasdair Henry James resigned
director
2013-11-30
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HANNAH, George Downie, Dr resigned
director
2013-11-30
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LONGBOTTON, Hugh Peter appointed
director
2012-10-10
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HUNTER, Bette Pallisgaard appointed
secretary
2012-10-10
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MARTIN, Alison Rosemary King resigned
secretary
2012-10-10
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MARTIN, Alison Rosemary King resigned
director

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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

-7 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 83 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 83 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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2002-05-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

2 Gibraltar Street

Oban

PA34 4AY

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-06

Last: 2026-05-23