CREETOWN INITIATIVE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC266207 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2004-04-08

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 10.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.0y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 10.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

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

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

Directors & officers

21 officers (6 active, 21 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

90 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (55 events)Click to expand

2026-01-14
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accounts · AA
2026-01-13
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officers · AP01
2026-01-13
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officers · AP01
2025-12-11
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BLAEN, Fiona appointed
director
2025-12-11
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MITCHELL, William Elliott appointed
director
2025-01-31
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accounts · AA
2024-06-05
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officers · TM01
2024-06-01
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ANDERSON, James Murray resigned
director
2024-01-19
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accounts · AA
2023-04-05
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address · AD01
2023-02-02
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accounts · AA
2022-11-03
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officers · TM01
2022-10-27
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KLINCK, Bernard Anthony resigned
director
2022-05-26
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officers · CH01
2022-01-20
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accounts · AA
2021-12-16
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officers · AP01
2021-12-09
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MARR, Thomas appointed
director
2021-03-26
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officers · AP01
2021-02-18
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KLINCK, Bernard Anthony appointed
director
2020-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-14
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officers · TM01
2020-07-27
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MACKENZIE, Robert John resigned
director
2020-01-28
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accounts · AA
2019-02-05
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accounts · AA
2018-07-23
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MARR, Elaine May appointed
secretary
2018-07-23
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MITCHELL, William Elliott resigned
secretary
2018-07-23
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MITCHELL, William Elliott resigned
director
2016-04-19
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Big Lottery Fund
2015-05-01
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SCHERRER, Dorothy Gertrude resigned
director
2012-05-22
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ANDERSON, James Murray appointed
director
2012-05-22
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MITCHELL, William Elliott appointed
director
2011-03-22
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STEPHENSON, Carolyn Margaret appointed
director
2011-03-22
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STEPHENSON, Timothy appointed
director
2011-03-22
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MCCULLOCH, Wyllie resigned
director
2011-03-22
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SCHERRER, Dorothy Gertrude appointed
director
2011-03-22
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WOOD, Douglas John resigned
director
2008-01-21
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MITCHELL, William Elliott appointed
secretary
2008-01-21
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SHAW, Melvin John resigned
secretary
2007-07-31
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SHAW, Melvin John resigned
director
2005-01-31
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SCHERRER, Dorothy Gertrude resigned
secretary
2005-01-31
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SHAW, Melvin John appointed
secretary
2005-01-31
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MCNEILL, Beatrice May resigned
director
2005-01-31
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SHAW, Melvin John appointed
director
2004-04-08
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Company incorporated
As CREETOWN INITIATIVE LIMITED
2004-04-08
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SCHERRER, Dorothy Gertrude appointed
secretary
2004-04-08
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
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2004-04-08
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-04-08
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MACKENZIE, Robert John appointed
director
2004-04-08
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MCCULLOCH, Wyllie appointed
director
2004-04-08
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MCNEILL, Beatrice May appointed
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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 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

Incorporated2004-04-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

Barholm, St John Street Barholm

St John Street

Creetown

Wigtownshire

DG8 7JE

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-14

Last: 2026-03-31