PENICUIK COMMUNITY INITIATIVE CIC
🌿Early-stageactive
SC777892 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2023-08-03
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47799
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (47/100)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
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 9 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
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.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-08-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-08-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-08-10➕WELLS, Mark appointeddirector
- 2024-08-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-08-02📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-08-01➕BOURHILL, Julieanne appointeddirector
- 2024-08-01➕KING, Karen appointeddirector
- 2024-08-01➖STURROCK, William Stewart resigneddirector
- 2023-10-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-10-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-10-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-10-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-09-30➕WILSON, Elizabeth Fiona appointeddirector
- 2023-09-30➖MARR, Walter resigneddirector
- 2023-09-30➖ROSIE, Derek George resigneddirector
- 2023-09-01➖YOUNG, Gary resigneddirector
- 2023-08-03🏢Company incorporatedAs PENICUIK COMMUNITY INITIATIVE CIC
- 2023-08-03➕WILSON, Kerry Ann appointeddirector
- 2023-08-03➕MARR, Walter appointeddirector
- 2023-08-03➕ROSIE, Derek George appointeddirector
- 2023-08-03➕STURROCK, William Stewart appointeddirector
- 2023-08-03➕YOUNG, Gary appointeddirector
- 2023-08-03📄incorporation-community-interest-companyincorporation · CICINC
Owner dependency
68/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 2.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
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
Incorporated2023-08-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47799 — SIC 47799
Registered office
15 John Street
Penicuik
EH26 8AB
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-16
Last: 2025-08-02
Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)
BOURHILL, Julieanne→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2024-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
Active
WILSON, Elizabeth Fiona→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2023-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WILSON, Kerry Ann→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2023-08-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MARR, Walter→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2023-08-03 · resigned 2023-09-30
ROSIE, Derek George→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · appointed 2023-08-03 · resigned 2023-09-30
STURROCK, William Stewart→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2023-08-03 · resigned 2024-08-01
YOUNG, Gary→
Resigneddirector · ~35y · appointed 2023-08-03 · resigned 2023-09-01
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Recent filings (13 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-09
incorporation-community-interest-company
incorporation · CICINC
2023-08-03