PORTGORDON COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC282180 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2005-03-24

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£459.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

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

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

29 officers (11 active, 29 linked, 27 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 9 total, 9 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

119 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £459,429

Cash YoY

+96%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£69k

↑ 96% YoY

Net Worth

£459k

↑ 19% YoY

Current Assets

£75k

↑ 50% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£459.4k	£386.6k
Current assets	£75.4k	£50.2k
Cash	£69.0k	£35.2k
Debtors	£6.4k	£15.0k
Net assets	£459.4k	£386.6k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (70 events)Click to expand

2026-06-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-21
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JOSEPH THOMAS, Geoghegan appointed
director
2026-04-07
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officers · AP01
2026-04-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-09
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MCINTOSH, Kay appointed
director
2025-12-09
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HERBERT, Rainer resigned
director
2025-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-24
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BATES, Alan appointed
director
2025-04-24
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JAN, Younus appointed
director
2025-04-24
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MCLENNAN, Susan appointed
director
2025-04-24
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REID, Peter Hendry, Professor appointed
director
2025-04-24
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DARGUE, Jane Mary resigned
director
2025-04-24
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EWEN, Keith Andrew resigned
director
2025-01-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-04
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HERBERT, Monalisa resigned
director
2024-08-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-25
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MIDGLEY, Nicholas Richard resigned
director
2024-04-24
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-22
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SLITER, Herbert Alan appointed
director
2024-04-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-11
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MURRAY, Derek resigned
director
2024-04-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-27
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HERBERT, Monalisa appointed
director
2024-03-27
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MIDGLEY, Nicholas Richard appointed
director
2024-03-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-07
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MASON-CORKERY, Sean resigned
director
2023-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-21
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2023-11-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-06
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-07
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HANOVER, Colin resigned
director
2023-04-11
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EWEN, Keith Andrew appointed
director
2023-03-30
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ROBSON, Denise appointed
secretary
2023-03-30
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GORDON, Alexander appointed
director
2023-03-30
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DARGUE, Jane Mary appointed
director
2023-03-30
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GRIFFIN, Katherine Margaret resigned
director
2023-03-30
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MASON-CORKERY, Sean appointed
director
2023-03-22
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SLITER, Herbert Alan resigned
director
2021-11-22
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LAWRANCE, Sonia Margaret appointed
director
2021-11-22
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ROBSON, Denise appointed
director
2021-11-09
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MAYO, Lyndsay resigned
director
2021-09-01
➖
SUMMERS, Johanna resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 70 events

Owner dependency

70/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GORDON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2005-03-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

The Richmond Building 20 West High Street

Portgordon

Buckie

Banffshire

AB56 5QS

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-07

Last: 2026-03-24