LIFEGATE

🌳Matureactive
SC283275 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2005-04-15
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of religious organisations
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-18
    ➕
    JOHNSTONE, Karen Anne appointed
    director
  6. 2023-06-18
    ➖
    HENDERSON, Edwin Ian resigned
    director
  7. 2023-06-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-06-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2023-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-03-25
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  11. 2022-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-01-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2020-01-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2020-01-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2020-01-25
    ➕
    WISHART, Stuart Francis Herbert appointed
    director
  17. 2020-01-25
    ➖
    CAIRNS, Sandra Christine resigned
    director
  18. 2020-01-25
    ➖
    LAFFERTY, Stephen James resigned
    director
  19. 2019-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  22. 2005-04-15
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    Company incorporated
    As LIFEGATE
  23. 2005-04-15
    ➕
    FINDLAY, Debra Anne appointed
    secretary
  24. 2005-04-15
    ➕
    FINDLAY, Geoffrey appointed
    director
  25. 2005-04-15
    ➕
    CAIRNS, Sandra Christine appointed
    director
  26. 2005-04-15
    ➕
    HENDERSON, Edwin Ian appointed
    director
  27. 2005-04-15
    ➕
    LAFFERTY, Stephen James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Geoffrey Findlay
Individual · Scottish · DOB 11/1960 · age 66
——sig. influencesignificant influence15/04/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2005-04-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC94910 — Activities of religious organisations

Registered office

50 Haddington Crescent
Dundee
DD4 0NA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-29
Last: 2026-04-15

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

FINDLAY, Debra Anne→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-15
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Active
FINDLAY, Geoffrey→
director · ~66y · appointed 2005-04-15
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Active
JOHNSTONE, Karen Anne→
director · ~62y · appointed 2023-06-18
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Active
WISHART, Stuart Francis Herbert→
director · ~64y · appointed 2020-01-25
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Active
CAIRNS, Sandra Christine→
director · ~66y · appointed 2005-04-15 · resigned 2020-01-25
Resigned
HENDERSON, Edwin Ian→
director · ~74y · appointed 2005-04-15 · resigned 2023-06-18
Resigned
LAFFERTY, Stephen James→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-04-15 · resigned 2020-01-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-25
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2022-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-26