BLAIR CADELL (NOMINEES) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC438321 · ltd · incorporated 2012-12-06
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.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Solicitors
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 accountsCash
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-18➕VANDERBURG SOLE, Keri appointeddirector
- 2025-05-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-02-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-12-31➖JARDINE, Donald resigneddirector
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-24📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-01-07📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2012-12-06🏢Company incorporatedAs BLAIR CADELL (NOMINEES) LIMITED
- 2012-12-06➕MACDONALD, Andrew Norman Grainger appointeddirector
- 2012-12-06➕MASTERTON, Susan Margaret appointeddirector
- 2012-12-06➕JARDINE, Donald appointeddirector
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
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Andrew Norman Grainger Macdonald Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-12-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors
Registered office
The Bond House
5 Breadalbane Street
Edinburgh
EH6 5JH
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-20
Last: 2025-12-06
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
MACDONALD, Andrew Norman Grainger→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2012-12-06
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MASTERTON, Susan Margaret→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2012-12-06
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VANDERBURG SOLE, Keri→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2025-05-18
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JARDINE, Donald→
Resigneddirector · ~51y · appointed 2012-12-06 · resigned 2024-12-31
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Recent filings (30 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-19