MOUNT BLAIR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST
🌳Matureactive
SC392056 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2011-01-24
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (49/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
43 officers (8 active, 43 linked, 38 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
114 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.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (96 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-11-28📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-11-25➕BRAWN, Robert appointeddirector
- 2025-11-25➖TOWNSEND, Patricia Mary resigneddirector
- 2025-11-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-19➕GRIBBEN, Joseph appointeddirector
- 2024-11-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-30📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-11-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-11-26📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-11-26📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-23➕THORNE, Sylvia Margaret appointeddirector
- 2023-11-23➖MANNING, John resigneddirector
- 2023-11-23➖TOWNSEND, Darrel Kevin resigneddirector
- 2023-11-23➕TOWNSEND, Patricia Mary appointeddirector
- 2022-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-07-28➖HUNTER, Andrew Lorimer resigneddirector
- 2021-02-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-08-12➕HUNTER, Andrew Lorimer appointeddirector
- 2019-02-28📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-02-27➖MALLINSON, Elizabeth Mcclellan resigneddirector
- 2018-10-30➖HUNTER, Katharine Mary Holt resigneddirector
- 2018-09-12➖KERBY, Michael John resigneddirector
- 2017-10-25➕KERBY, Michael John appointeddirector
- 2017-05-31➖HAMILTON, Ian Douglas resigneddirector
- 2017-04-24➖STEWART, David Ernest Robertson resigneddirector
- 2017-01-14➖SMITH, Philip James resigneddirector
- 2016-09-22➕GOODMAN, Miles Bryan appointeddirector
- 2016-09-22➕HUNTER, Alison Janet appointeddirector
- 2016-09-22➕HAMILTON, Ian Douglas appointeddirector
- 2016-09-22➕MALLINSON, Elizabeth Mcclellan appointeddirector
- 2016-05-15➖BAILEY, Ivy resigneddirector
- 2015-12-31➖PURDIE, Michael John resigneddirector
- 2015-06-23➕BAILEY, Ivy appointeddirector
- 2015-06-23➕TOWNSEND, Darrel Kevin appointeddirector
- 2015-06-02➖HOLT, Lucy Jean resigneddirector
- 2015-04-23➖MCCALLUM, Gillian resigneddirector
- 2015-03-02➖INGLIS, Brian Richmond resigneddirector
- 2014-11-27➕HUNTER, Katharine Mary Holt appointeddirector
- 2014-11-27➕SMITH, Philip James appointeddirector
- 2014-08-06➕CLARE, Roger appointedsecretary
- 2014-08-06➕SHIERS, Caroline Mary appointeddirector
- 2014-08-06➖STEWART, David Ernest Robertson resignedsecretary
- 2014-06-19➖CALVIN, Simon Nicholas resigneddirector
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Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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| M.C. THOMSON & COMPANY LIMITED→ SC004893 · est 1901 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 124y | 82 | 71y |
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Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2011-01-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.
Registered office
Altnabruach
Glenshee
Blairgowrie
PH10 7QD
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-09
Last: 2026-01-26
Officers (8 active · 35 resigned)
Active
BRAWN, Robert→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2025-11-25
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CLARE, Roger→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2011-02-16
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GOODMAN, Miles Bryan→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2016-09-22
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GRIBBEN, Joseph→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2024-11-19
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HUNTER, Alison Janet→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2016-09-22
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SHIERS, Caroline Mary→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2014-08-06
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THORNE, Sylvia Margaret→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 2023-11-23
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CALVIN, Simon Nicholas→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2011-01-24 · resigned 2011-02-16
RENNIE, David Anthony→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2012-06-07 · resigned 2013-11-29
SMITH, Susan Mary→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2011-02-16 · resigned 2012-05-24
STEWART, David Ernest Robertson→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2014-02-25 · resigned 2014-08-06
BAILEY, Ivy→
Resigneddirector · ~84y · appointed 2015-06-23 · resigned 2016-05-15
CALVIN, Simon Nicholas→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2011-01-24 · resigned 2014-06-19
CRICHTON, Elizabeth Anne→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 2012-05-24 · resigned 2013-08-27
DUNCAN, John Allan→
Resigneddirector · ~87y · appointed 2012-12-11 · resigned 2013-11-04
ELLIS, Robert Scott→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 2011-02-16 · resigned 2012-01-18
GOODMAN, Hannah Marris→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2011-01-24 · resigned 2013-06-13
HAMILTON, Ian Douglas→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2016-09-22 · resigned 2017-05-31
HEMMINGS, Giles Edward→
Resigneddirector · ~91y · appointed 2011-02-16 · resigned 2011-04-17
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Recent filings (114 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-27