CATCH SCOTLAND LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC386586 · ltd · incorporated 2010-10-06
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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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£345.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Child day-care 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
49 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £345,569
Cash YoY
+59%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£386k
↑ 59% YoY
Net Worth
£346k
↑ 29% YoY
Current Assets
£464k
↑ 29% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£93k£186k£278k£371k£464kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£345.7k£270.3k
Current assets£464.2k£358.6k
Cash£385.8k£242.3k
Debtors£78.3k£116.3k
Net assets£345.6k£268.6k

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

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1 signal 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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-03
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  2. 2024-09-18
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  3. 2024-03-04
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  4. 2024-03-01
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  5. 2023-05-23
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  6. 2022-06-13
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  7. 2022-01-24
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    officers · TM01
  8. 2021-12-21
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    MCGOLDRICK, Mary Sheridan resigned
    director
  9. 2021-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-27
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    GALLACHER, Edwin appointed
    director
  11. 2021-05-27
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2020-09-14
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    address · AD01
  13. 2020-09-14
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    address · AD01
  14. 2020-07-09
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  15. 2020-01-30
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  16. 2020-01-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2019-06-10
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  18. 2019-04-01
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  19. 2018-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-02-15
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    TOLLAN, John Henshaw, Dr appointed
    director
  21. 2018-02-15
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    MCGOLDRICK, Mary Sheridan appointed
    director
  22. 2016-05-17
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    YOUNG, Jenny Wright appointed
    director
  23. 2014-06-17
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    CONVERY, Sylvia Mary resigned
    director
  24. 2012-03-09
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    CONVERY, Sylvia Mary appointed
    director
  25. 2010-10-06
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    Company incorporated
    As CATCH SCOTLAND LTD
  26. 2010-10-06
    ➕
    GALLACHER, Edward 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
  • -4 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 82 — 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 82 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Edward Gallacher
Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-10-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC88910 — Child day-care activities

Registered office

North Mains House Houston Road
Houston
Johnstone
PA6 7BE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-20
Last: 2025-10-06

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

GALLACHER, Edward→
director · ~61y · appointed 2010-10-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GALLACHER, Edwin→
director · ~36y · appointed 2021-05-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TOLLAN, John Henshaw, Dr→
director · ~82y · appointed 2018-02-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YOUNG, Jenny Wright→
director · ~45y · appointed 2016-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CONVERY, Sylvia Mary→
director · ~63y · appointed 2012-03-09 · resigned 2014-06-17
Resigned
MCGOLDRICK, Mary Sheridan→
director · ~70y · appointed 2018-02-15 · resigned 2021-12-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2024-03-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-07