LIFE CHURCH ORKNEY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC256703 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2003-09-27

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

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not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of religious organisations

Sector: Other service activities

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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (48/100)

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

14 officers (10 active, 14 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

78 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2025-09-24
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officers · CH01
2025-05-27
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accounts · AA
2024-05-07
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accounts · AA
2023-06-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-25
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change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-22
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officers · AP01
2021-06-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-14
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COCKERHAM, Barry appointed
director
2021-06-02
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accounts · AA
2021-04-10
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officers · TM01
2020-10-13
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CLANCY, John Leo resigned
director
2020-10-03
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officers · AP01
2020-10-03
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officers · AP01
2020-10-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-07-16
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RENDALL, David George appointed
director
2020-07-16
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RENDALL, Hannah Margaret appointed
director
2020-06-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-11
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CLANCY, Rachel Frances resigned
director
2019-05-23
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accounts · AA
2018-05-31
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accounts · AA
2015-04-12
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HARRINGTON, Susan Claire appointed
director
2015-04-12
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HARRINGTON, Trevor appointed
director
2015-04-12
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MURRILL, Richard Charles, Pastor resigned
director
2013-10-29
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CLANCY, Rachel Frances appointed
director
2013-09-29
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CLANCY, John Leo appointed
director
2008-01-31
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UPTON, Andrew Gordon appointed
secretary
2008-01-31
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FRASER, Gillian Denise resigned
secretary
2007-03-20
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LIPTROT, Margaret Jane appointed
director
2007-03-20
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UPTON, Andrew Gordon appointed
director
2003-09-27
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Company incorporated
As LIFE CHURCH ORKNEY LIMITED
2003-09-27
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FRASER, Andrew John appointed
director
2003-09-27
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FRASER, Gillian Denise appointed
director
2003-09-27
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FRASER, Gillian Denise appointed
secretary
2003-09-27
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MURRILL, Richard Charles, Pastor appointed
director

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

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

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

Incorporated2003-09-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC94910 — Activities of religious organisations

Registered office

The Life Centre

East Road

Kirkwall

Orkney

KW15 1LX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-11

Last: 2025-09-27