GIBSON TRAINING AND CARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC331626 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-01

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

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£81

book net assets

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

Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

18 officers (5 active, 18 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

82 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £81

Cash YoY

+34%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£61k

↑ 34% YoY

Net Worth

£81

↑ 100% YoY

Current Assets

£196k

↑ 17% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£331	£-32.1k
Current assets	£195.7k	£167.7k
Cash	£61.3k	£45.8k
Debtors	£134.4k	£121.9k
Net assets	£81	£-32.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand

2025-12-09
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officers · CH01
2025-12-03
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officers · CH01
2025-10-02
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accounts · AA
2025-08-14
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officers · AP01
2025-08-14
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officers · AP01
2024-10-23
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accounts · AA
2024-03-08
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BROCKLEBANK, Frances Isabel appointed
director
2023-12-04
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2023-12-04
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officers · TM01
2023-10-31
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accounts · AA
2023-10-03
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CLARK, Alexander William John, Cllr appointed
director
2023-10-03
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MCCAFFERTY, Allan, Reverend resigned
director
2023-01-31
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accounts · AA
2022-06-16
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officers · TM01
2022-05-05
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DOCHERTY, John James Mcintosh resigned
director
2021-10-12
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accounts · AA
2020-10-08
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accounts · AA
2019-11-15
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officers · TM01
2019-10-31
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accounts · AA
2019-09-13
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VERNER, Barbara Ann, Councillor resigned
director
2017-09-01
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BEEBEE, Graeme William, Rev appointed
director
2017-09-01
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LISTON, Jane Ann, Councillor appointed
director
2017-09-01
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VERNER, Barbara Ann, Councillor appointed
director
2017-05-04
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MCCARTNEY, Keith, Councillor resigned
director
2016-06-30
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MCDONALD, Alan Douglas, The Very Reverend Doctor resigned
director
2015-05-15
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MUIR, Helen Murray Bruce Thomson resigned
secretary
2015-03-01
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MACLEOD, Roderick Alexander Randle, Rev resigned
director
2013-03-20
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DOCHERTY, John James Mcintosh appointed
director
2012-10-03
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MCCARTNEY, Keith, Councillor appointed
director
2012-05-03
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SANGSTER, William resigned
director
2012-05-03
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WATERSTON, Robin James resigned
director
2011-03-16
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MUIR, Helen Murray Bruce Thomson appointed
secretary
2011-03-16
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BELL & SCOTT (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2011-03-04
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MCCAFFERTY, Allan, Reverend appointed
director
2010-06-09
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ARNOTT, Andrew David Keltie, Reverend resigned
director
2009-06-09
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WATERSTON, Robin James appointed
director
2008-08-08
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MELVILLE, Frances resigned
director
2008-03-03
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MORRISON, Dorothea Mae Morrow appointed
director
2008-03-03
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MELVILLE, Frances appointed
director
2008-03-03
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SANGSTER, William appointed
director
2008-01-31
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ARNOTT, Andrew David Keltie, Reverend appointed
director
2008-01-31
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MACLEOD, Roderick Alexander Randle, Rev appointed
director
2007-10-03
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MCDONALD, Alan Douglas, The Very Reverend Doctor appointed
director
2007-10-03
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BELL & SCOTT WS (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2007-10-01
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Company incorporated
As GIBSON TRAINING AND CARE LIMITED
2007-10-01
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BELL & SCOTT (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-10-01
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BELL & SCOTT WS (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
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.)

Group structure

The Gibson House St Andrews Scio is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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The Gibson House St Andrews Scio

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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GIBSON TRAINING AND CARE LIMITED

This company · SC331626

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
The Gibson House St Andrews Scio Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/10/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-10-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

Units 12 & 14, Fife Renewable & Innovation Centre Ajax Way

Methil

Leven

Fife

KY8 3RS

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-03

Last: 2025-11-19