CREATE ABERDEEN

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SC380533 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2010-06-17
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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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
10 officers (7 active, 10 linked, 9 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
46 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.

Key financials

2 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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees181600

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-17
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2022-11-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-11-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-11-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-11-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-11-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-11-16
    ➕
    BOETTCHER, Irena appointed
    director
  12. 2022-11-16
    ➕
    HUTCHISON, Aileen appointed
    director
  13. 2022-11-16
    ➕
    SKINNER, Andrew appointed
    director
  14. 2022-11-16
    ➖
    SMITH, Orla Patricia resigned
    director
  15. 2022-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-12-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  19. 2018-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2015-05-10
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    TAYLOR, Jacqueline Louise resigned
    director
  22. 2014-02-19
    ➕
    BRANDS, David appointed
    director
  23. 2013-07-06
    ➕
    HUNTER, David appointed
    director
  24. 2013-06-24
    ➖
    CLARK, Susan resigned
    director
  25. 2012-09-06
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Jacqueline Louise appointed
    director
  26. 2010-06-17
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    Company incorporated
    As CREATE ABERDEEN
  27. 2010-06-17
    ➕
    CONSTANTINIDES, Alexandra Kilgour appointed
    secretary
  28. 2010-06-17
    ➕
    HUNTER, Lynda appointed
    director
  29. 2010-06-17
    ➕
    CLARK, Susan appointed
    director
  30. 2010-06-17
    ➕
    SMITH, Orla Patricia appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
Incorporated2010-06-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC88100 — Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

Inchgarth Community Centre
Aboyne Place
Aberdeen
AB10 7DR

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

Officers (7 active · 3 resigned)

CONSTANTINIDES, Alexandra Kilgour→
secretary · appointed 2010-06-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOETTCHER, Irena→
director · ~65y · appointed 2022-11-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRANDS, David→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-02-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUNTER, David→
director · ~80y · appointed 2013-07-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUNTER, Lynda→
director · ~80y · appointed 2010-06-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUTCHISON, Aileen→
director · ~71y · appointed 2022-11-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SKINNER, Andrew→
director · ~66y · appointed 2022-11-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARK, Susan→
director · ~80y · appointed 2010-06-17 · resigned 2013-06-24
Resigned
SMITH, Orla Patricia→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-06-17 · resigned 2022-11-16
Resigned
TAYLOR, Jacqueline Louise→
director · ~59y · appointed 2012-09-06 · resigned 2015-05-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-09
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-11-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-16