DRUMMUIR & BOTRIPHNIE COMMUNITY TRUST

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SC273043 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2004-09-07

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 21.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

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

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.1y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 21.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (47/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

24 officers (8 active, 24 linked, 18 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

91 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (59 events)Click to expand

2025-09-15
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officers · TM01
2025-09-11
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MORRISON, Fiona appointed
director
2025-09-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-28
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WILSON, Karlyn resigned
director
2025-07-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-02-19
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STOCKDALE, Christopher Ross appointed
director
2021-12-13
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MACDONALD, Fred resigned
director
2021-12-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-07
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address · AD01
2020-07-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-11-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-11-28
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MCWILLIAM, William Peter resigned
director
2019-10-09
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WILSON, Karlyn appointed
director
2019-06-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-11-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-04-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-12-25
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THAIN, James resigned
director
2012-11-28
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MCWILLIAM, William Peter appointed
director
2012-10-29
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RENDALL, John Fraser resigned
director
2011-10-17
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THAIN, Stewart appointed
director
2011-10-17
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HENDERSON, Richard Mark resigned
director
2010-09-06
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RIACH, Andrew appointed
director
2010-09-06
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MACDONALD, Fred appointed
director
2008-12-16
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lachlan Alexander Gordon-Duff and Another
2005-06-24
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MARK, Dianne appointed
secretary
2005-06-24
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LAW, James appointed
director
2005-06-24
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MARK, Dianne appointed
director
2005-06-24
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MCWILLIAM, David resigned
secretary
2005-06-24
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HENDERSON, Richard Mark appointed
director
2005-06-24
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MACDONALD, Fred resigned
director
2005-06-24
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MCWILLIAM, David resigned
director
2005-06-24
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MORRISON, Fiona resigned
director
2005-06-24
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RENDALL, John Fraser appointed
director
2005-06-24
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SCOTSON, Derek resigned
director
2005-06-24
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THAIN, James appointed
director
2005-06-24
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THEODORESON, Neil resigned
director
2005-05-05
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lachlan Alexander Gordon-Duff and Mrs Priscilla Margaret Gordon-Duff
2004-09-07
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Company incorporated
As DRUMMUIR & BOTRIPHNIE COMMUNITY TRUST
2004-09-07
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MARK, James appointed
director
2004-09-07
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MCWILLIAM, David appointed
secretary
2004-09-07
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-09-07
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-09-07
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MACDONALD, Fred appointed
director
2004-09-07
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MCWILLIAM, David appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 59 events

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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

Incorporated2004-09-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

26-30 Marine Place

Buckie

AB56 1UT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-21

Last: 2025-09-07