POSITIVE STEPS INITIATIVES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC272286 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-23

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 13.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

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 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.0y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 13.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

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

Directors & officers

19 officers (6 active, 19 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

91 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	2	200

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (51 events)Click to expand

2025-12-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
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officers · AP01
2025-07-30
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KELLET-SMITH, Michelle appointed
director
2024-11-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-25
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DICKINSON, Lesley, Pastor resigned
director
2024-02-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-10
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ANDERSON-AIDOO, Frank, Reverend resigned
director
2023-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-21
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DONACHIE, Linda appointed
director
2022-11-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-08-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-01-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-08-01
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-07-19
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DICKINSON, Lesley, Pastor appointed
director
2018-10-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-04-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2018-04-05
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ANDERSON-AIDOO, Frank, Reverend appointed
director
2018-01-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-01-18
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SPROAT, Gary James resigned
director
2017-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2016-12-31
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SHERWOOD, Gareth John, Reverend Doctor resigned
director
2015-04-30
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ROLLO, Michael George, Pastor resigned
director
2015-04-30
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SHERWOOD, Gareth John, Reverend Doctor appointed
director
2014-03-31
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KIDD, William, Mr. resigned
director
2013-04-29
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Social Investment Scotland
2012-05-07
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SMITH, Douglas appointed
director
2008-10-09
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KIDD, William, Mr. appointed
director
2008-10-01
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SPROAT, Gary James appointed
director
2008-03-31
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GRAY, Kirsteen Jean resigned
director
2006-09-26
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GRAY, Kirsteen Jean appointed
director
2006-09-01
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ROLLO, Michael George, Pastor appointed
director
2006-07-31
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HORNER, Alison Edna appointed
director
2006-07-31
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SHARKEY, Derek appointed
director
2006-07-31
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CRONJE, Handri resigned
director
2006-07-31
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MCPHAIL, Christine resigned
director
2006-07-31
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MCPHAIL, Iain Colin Grant resigned
director
2006-06-26
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GUDMUNSEN, Morag appointed
secretary
2006-06-26
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JOHNSTON, Kellyanne resigned
secretary
2005-01-20
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GEMMILL, Thomas William resigned
secretary
2005-01-20
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JOHNSTON, Kellyanne appointed
secretary
2004-08-23
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Company incorporated
As POSITIVE STEPS INITIATIVES LIMITED
2004-08-23
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GEMMILL, Thomas William appointed
secretary
2004-08-23
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-08-23
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-08-23
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CRONJE, Handri appointed
director
2004-08-23
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MCPHAIL, Christine appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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.)

🔒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

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-08-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

East Wing, Swan House 2 Explorer Road

Technology Park

Dundee

DD2 1DX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-17

Last: 2025-08-03