REVIVE COMMUNITY CHURCH
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -54% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £262.3k | £288.7k |
| Current assets | £46.6k | £91.1k |
| Cash | £30.7k | £66.3k |
| Debtors | £13.5k | £22.5k |
| Net assets | £262.3k | £288.7k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 3 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-23➖SPRIGGS, Anthony Michael resigneddirector
- 2026-01-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-01-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-11-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-11-10➕COATESWORTH, Paula Marie appointeddirector
- 2021-11-10➕DALGARNO, Charlotte Rebecca appointeddirector
- 2021-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-12-31➖MASONI, Smart resigneddirector
- 2020-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-04📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2020-04-01➕WYLLIE, Sharon Deanne appointedsecretary
- 2020-03-22➖KINGHORN, Jane Fulton resignedsecretary
- 2020-03-22📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2020-01-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-28📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-08-01➖HAY, Alison resigneddirector
- 2019-07-22✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2017-06-14➕WYLLIE, Sharon appointeddirector
- 2017-06-14➕MASONI, Smart appointeddirector
- 2017-06-14➕SPRIGGS, Anthony Michael appointeddirector
- 2017-06-14➖SPRIGGS, Jason Marc resigneddirector
- 2015-11-30➖MORGAN, Mark Jeffrey resigneddirector
- 2015-01-08➕KINGHORN, Jane Fulton appointedsecretary
- 2014-05-20➖HARRIS, Colette Marie resignedsecretary
- 2014-01-20➕FRENCH, Peter appointeddirector
- 2014-01-20➕HARRIS, Colette Marie appointedsecretary
- 2014-01-20➖WYLLIE, Katharine Frances resignedsecretary
- 2014-01-20➖CHRISTIE, Graham resigneddirector
- 2014-01-20➕MORGAN, Mark Jeffrey appointeddirector
- 2014-01-20➖WYLLIE, Katharine Frances resigneddirector
- 2005-08-01➖MCLAREN, James Andrew resigneddirector
- 2005-06-03➖MCLEAN, Alexander Johnston Chalmers resigneddirector
- 2005-01-05🏢Company incorporatedAs REVIVE COMMUNITY CHURCH
- 2005-01-05➕WYLLIE, Duncan, Rev appointeddirector
- 2005-01-05➕WYLLIE, Katharine Frances appointedsecretary
- 2005-01-05➕CHRISTIE, Graham appointeddirector
- 2005-01-05➕HAY, Alison appointeddirector
- 2005-01-05➕MCLAREN, James Andrew appointeddirector
- 2005-01-05➕MCLEAN, Alexander Johnston Chalmers appointeddirector
- 2005-01-05➕SPRIGGS, Jason Marc appointeddirector
- 2005-01-05➕WYLLIE, Katharine Frances appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Rev Duncan Wyllie Individual · British · DOB 01/1957 · age 69 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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