DOODLE TRUST

🌳Matureactive
SC371597 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2010-01-21
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 steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£192.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 8 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
58 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £192,545
Cash YoY
+5%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£168k
↑ 4.7% YoY
Net Worth
£193k
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£39k£77k£116k£154k£193kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£192.5k£191.3k
Cash£167.9k£160.4k
Net assets£192.5k£191.3k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-01-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-01-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-01-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-01-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2025-01-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2024-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-05-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2023-05-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2023-05-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2023-05-08
    ➕
    CRACKETT, Lynn appointed
    director
  15. 2023-05-08
    ➕
    MCARDLE, Judith Patricia appointed
    director
  16. 2022-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2013-08-05
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    BARTLETT, Pamela Maureen resigned
    director
  21. 2013-05-13
    ➖
    CRAIGMYLE, Elizabeth White resigned
    director
  22. 2013-05-09
    ➖
    BEECHER, Frances Jane resigned
    director
  23. 2012-11-23
    ➕
    CRAIGMYLE, Elizabeth White appointed
    director
  24. 2012-02-14
    ➖
    TILLIN, Rita resigned
    director
  25. 2011-06-02
    ➕
    TILLIN, Rita appointed
    director
  26. 2011-05-22
    ➖
    COLLINS, Paul resigned
    director
  27. 2011-04-30
    ➕
    BEECHER, Frances Jane appointed
    director
  28. 2010-09-08
    ➕
    BARTLETT, Pamela Maureen appointed
    director
  29. 2010-09-08
    ➕
    COLLINS, Paul appointed
    director
  30. 2010-01-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DOODLE TRUST
  31. 2010-01-21
    ➕
    TURNBULL, Barbara Ellen 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Barbara Ellen Turnbull
Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2010-01-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Doodle Trust
New Market Street
Castle Douglas
DG7 1HY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-03
Last: 2026-01-20

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

CRACKETT, Lynn→
director · ~59y · appointed 2023-05-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCARDLE, Judith Patricia→
director · ~73y · appointed 2023-05-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TURNBULL, Barbara Ellen→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARTLETT, Pamela Maureen→
director · ~71y · appointed 2010-09-08 · resigned 2013-08-05
Resigned
BEECHER, Frances Jane→
director · ~67y · appointed 2011-04-30 · resigned 2013-05-09
Resigned
COLLINS, Paul→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-09-08 · resigned 2011-05-22
Resigned
CRAIGMYLE, Elizabeth White→
director · ~68y · appointed 2012-11-23 · resigned 2013-05-13
Resigned
TILLIN, Rita→
director · ~74y · appointed 2011-06-02 · resigned 2012-02-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-16