ARDENCRAIG CAREHOMES LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC306302 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-03
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
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 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (85/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-312023-08-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-06-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-02-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2025-02-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2025-01-20
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-10-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2024-07-31
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2024-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2006-08-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ARDENCRAIG CAREHOMES LTD.
  18. 2006-08-03
    ➕
    FOWDAR, Devanand appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-08-03
    ➕
    FOWDAR, Devanand appointed
    director
  20. 2006-08-03
    ➕
    FOWDAR, Saraswatee appointed
    director
  21. 2006-08-03
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-08-03
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-08-03
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2006-08-03
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Devenand Fowdar
Individual · British · DOB 06/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares14/02/2025
Mrs Saraswatee Fowdar
Individual · British · DOB 08/1950 · age 76
25–50%
—25-50% shares14/02/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Devanand Fowdarceased 01/01/2025· 50-75% shares
  • Mr Devanand Fowdarceased 01/07/2024· 25-50% shares

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-08-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

The Strand 2 Redwood Court
East Kilbride
Glasgow
G74 5PF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

FOWDAR, Devanand→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOWDAR, Devanand→
director · ~75y · appointed 2006-08-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOWDAR, Saraswatee→
director · ~76y · appointed 2006-08-03
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-08-03 · resigned 2006-08-03
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-08-03 · resigned 2006-08-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-07-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-02-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-02-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-22