PARABLE POD COUNSELLING CIC
🏛️Establishedactive
SC620112 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2019-02-04
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
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£5.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £5,593
Cash YoY
+1824%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£5k
↑ 1824% YoY
Net Worth
£6k
↑ 464% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↑ 2927% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-28 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £5.6k | £-1.5k |
| Current assets | £7.5k | £249 |
| Cash | £4.8k | £249 |
| Debtors | £2.7k | — |
| Net assets | £5.6k | £-1.5k |
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
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-07📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-06-07📄statement-of-companys-objectschange-of-constitution · CC04
- 2022-06-07📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-04🏢Company incorporatedAs PARABLE POD COUNSELLING CIC
- 2019-02-04➕DORWARD, Neil James appointeddirector
- 2019-02-04➕SCRIMGEOUR, Anne-Marie appointeddirector
- 2019-02-04➕SCRIMGEOUR, John Laurence, Dr appointeddirector
- 2019-02-04📄incorporation-community-interest-companyincorporation · CICINC
Owner dependency
73/100
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 80 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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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Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2019-02-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC88990 — Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Registered office
11 Fontstane Road
Monifieth
Dundee
DD5 4JX
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-17
Last: 2026-02-03
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
DORWARD, Neil James→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2019-02-04
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SCRIMGEOUR, Anne-Marie→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2019-02-04
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SCRIMGEOUR, John Laurence, Dr→
Activedirector · ~80y · appointed 2019-02-04
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Recent filings (20 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-28
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-06-07
statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2022-06-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-09