UCAN (GRAMPIAN)

🌳Matureactive

SC286333 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2005-06-17

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.

🔒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: Other human health activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (50/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

12 officers (7 active, 12 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

64 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-04-02
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accounts · AA
2025-07-10
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officers · TM01
2025-04-03
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accounts · AA
2025-01-31
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officers · AP01
2025-01-21
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ATHANASIADIS, Grigorios appointed
director
2025-01-21
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N'DOW, James Michael Olu, Professor resigned
director
2024-03-28
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accounts · AA
2023-04-12
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accounts · AA
2023-01-24
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officers · AP01
2023-01-17
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ANDERSON, Kenneth Peter Blackhall appointed
director
2022-09-28
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officers · TM01
2022-09-08
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DIMITROPOULOS, Konstantinos resigned
director
2022-04-01
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accounts · AA
2021-04-12
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accounts · AA
2021-01-13
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officers · AP01
2021-01-13
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officers · AP01
2021-01-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-01-12
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officers · CH04
2020-10-08
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DONALDSON, James Fergus, Doctor appointed
director
2020-10-08
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DIMITROPOULOS, Konstantinos appointed
director
2020-10-08
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MCCLINTON, Samuel resigned
director
2020-03-30
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accounts · AA
2019-03-20
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accounts · AA
2018-02-02
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accounts · AA
2016-06-02
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ROYLE, Justine Sarah appointed
director
2016-03-08
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DENT, David William appointed
director
2015-02-16
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DAWSON, Anthony James resigned
director
2012-01-29
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STEVENSON, George Stewart resigned
director
2008-05-13
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STEVENSON, George Stewart appointed
director
2005-10-19
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HUTCHESON, William Robert appointed
director
2005-06-17
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Company incorporated
As UCAN (GRAMPIAN)
2005-06-17
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JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2005-06-17
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DAWSON, Anthony James appointed
director
2005-06-17
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MCCLINTON, Samuel appointed
director
2005-06-17
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N'DOW, James Michael Olu, Professor appointed
director

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

-6 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 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2005-06-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

1 East Craibstone Street

Aberdeen

Aberdeenshire

AB11 6YQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-01

Last: 2025-06-17