JOHNSTONEBRIDGE CENTRE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC429028 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2012-07-25

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 6.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 6.6y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 6.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: low (50/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

23 officers (9 active, 23 linked, 23 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

61 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (57 events)Click to expand

2026-04-24
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2025-04-30
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accounts · AA
2024-07-23
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officers · TM01
2024-06-11
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HOWSON, Noel resigned
director
2024-04-19
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accounts · AA
2024-04-02
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officers · TM01
2024-04-02
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officers · AP01
2023-09-13
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WATSON, Shelby Louise appointed
director
2023-09-13
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WATSON, Russell resigned
director
2023-07-24
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officers · AP01
2023-06-27
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BENNISON, Kevin appointed
director
2023-05-02
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accounts · AA
2022-07-27
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officers · AP01
2022-07-27
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officers · AP01
2022-07-27
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officers · AP01
2022-05-17
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SLOAN, Kirsty appointed
director
2022-05-17
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TELFORD, Wendy Amy appointed
director
2022-05-17
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HOWSON, Noel appointed
director
2022-04-27
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accounts · AA
2021-04-27
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accounts · AA
2020-09-24
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officers · CH01
2020-09-24
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officers · CH01
2020-06-16
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accounts · AA
2020-02-13
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officers · AP01
2019-10-17
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mortgage · MR01
2019-09-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Big Lottery Fund
2019-06-13
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FARRELL, Lesley resigned
director
2019-05-17
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WATSON, Russell appointed
director
2019-02-28
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JACKSON, Ruth Isabel resigned
director
2017-06-01
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DICKIE, John Michael resigned
director
2017-01-24
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MUIRHEAD, George Ballantyne Geddes appointed
director
2016-06-30
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TAYLOR, Jacqueline Beryl resigned
director
2016-06-25
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ANDERSON, Natalie Martine resigned
director
2016-05-05
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DALE, William Frederick resigned
director
2016-04-02
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FARRELL, Lesley appointed
director
2015-08-01
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MCILHATON, Helen resigned
director
2015-03-11
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MCILHATON, Helen appointed
director
2014-09-01
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AITKEN, Lesley resigned
director
2013-11-20
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BARNARD, Julia Clare, Lady appointed
director
2013-11-20
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GRAHAM, John Scott appointed
director
2013-11-20
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AITKEN, Lesley appointed
director
2013-11-20
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ANDERSON, Natalie Martine appointed
director
2013-11-20
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BELL, Sharon resigned
director
2013-11-20
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COOPER, Anita resigned
director
2013-11-20
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CURRIE, Margaret Violet resigned
director
2013-11-20
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DICKIE, John Michael appointed
director
2013-11-20
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HARPER, Sylvia Mcminn resigned
director
2013-11-20
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JACKSON, Ruth Isabel appointed
director
2012-07-25
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Company incorporated
As JOHNSTONEBRIDGE CENTRE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST LIMITED
2012-07-25
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JOHNSTONE, David Patrick Wentworth Hope, Lord appointed
director

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Owner dependency

70/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "JOHNSTONE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — 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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2012-07-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

Johnstonebridge Centre Kirkbank Road

Johnstonebridge

Lockerbie

Dumfriesshire

DG11 1ES

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-07

Last: 2025-07-24