MELDRUM COMMUNITY GARDEN PROJECT

🌳Matureactive

SC303031 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2006-05-26

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 closing · high confidence

Getting harder to buy cheaply — 3 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 50 → 90
· Bankability: 55 → 75
· Opportunity score: 71 → 81
· Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid

Opportunity decay

hardening · 6-months

Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.

· 3 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.

↑Opportunity score: 71 → 81
↑Hygiene score: 50 → 90
↑Bankability: 55 → 75
·Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒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 other membership organisations n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 90-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 90). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (49/100)

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

20 officers (6 active, 20 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

83 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (51 events)Click to expand

2026-05-11
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2025-02-21
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accounts · AA
2024-02-29
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accounts · AA
2023-03-02
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ROTHNIE, Robert resigned
director
2023-03-02
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officers · TM01
2023-02-21
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accounts · AA
2022-01-26
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accounts · AA
2021-12-23
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officers · AP01
2021-12-23
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officers · TM01
2021-12-09
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MCCLELLAND, David Joseph appointed
director
2021-12-09
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WEBSTER, Yvonne Von resigned
director
2021-07-07
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officers · TM01
2021-07-01
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BALL, Arthur Owen resigned
director
2021-06-02
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officers · TM01
2021-05-30
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ROSE, Robert John resigned
director
2021-03-19
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accounts · AA
2020-04-01
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officers · AP01
2020-03-31
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officers · AP01
2020-03-23
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ROSE, Robert John appointed
director
2020-03-23
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WEBSTER, Yvonne Von appointed
director
2020-02-28
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accounts · AA
2019-02-13
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accounts · AA
2018-05-16
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address · AD03
2018-01-22
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FLETT, Alistair Murray, Dr appointed
director
2015-12-24
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DUNCAN, Philip Charles resigned
director
2014-02-11
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DUNCAN, Harry George resigned
director
2014-02-11
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FALCONER, Christine resigned
director
2014-02-11
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LANGFORD, Anne resigned
director
2011-02-14
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DUNCAN, Philip Charles appointed
director
2010-01-25
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BRAMMER, Norman appointed
director
2010-01-25
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EMSLIE, Denis John resigned
director
2010-01-25
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ROTHNIE, Robert appointed
director
2009-02-24
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GORDON, Hilary Mary Elizabeth resigned
director
2007-11-22
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DUNCAN, Harry George appointed
director
2007-11-22
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LANGFORD, Anne appointed
director
2006-05-26
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Company incorporated
As MELDRUM COMMUNITY GARDEN PROJECT
2006-05-26
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SINCLAIR, William appointed
secretary
2006-05-26
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MCCARTNEY, Andrew appointed
director
2006-05-26
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SINCLAIR, William appointed
director
2006-05-26
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-05-26
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-05-26
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BALL, Arthur Owen appointed
director
2006-05-26
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EMSLIE, Denis John appointed
director
2006-05-26
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FALCONER, Christine appointed
director
2006-05-26
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GORDON, Hilary Mary Elizabeth appointed
director
2006-05-26
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JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-05-26
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JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2006-05-26
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-05-26
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2006-05-26
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
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Showing most recent 50 of 51 events

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 90 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 90 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

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

Incorporated2006-05-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

Aird House Urquhart Road

Oldmeldrum

Inverurie

Aberdeenshire

AB51 0EX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-28

Last: 2026-05-14