ARDGOWAN HOSPICE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC075515 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1981-07-13

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other human health activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

78 officers (8 active, 78 linked, 68 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

231 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	7100	7400

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (162 events)Click to expand

2026-01-22
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officers · TM01
2025-12-09
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WILSON, John Blair resigned
director
2025-12-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-02
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officers · TM01
2025-09-24
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BARRON, Derek T resigned
director
2025-09-24
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NUGENT, John C, Dr resigned
director
2025-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-03
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incorporation · MA
2025-06-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-28
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MACFARLANE, Sheena resigned
director
2025-03-03
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officers · TM01
2025-02-26
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MARSHALL, Trudi resigned
director
2024-12-11
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officers · AP03
2024-12-10
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officers · AP01
2024-12-04
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GARDINER, Graham appointed
secretary
2024-12-04
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GRAHAM, Stephen, Dr appointed
director
2024-09-02
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accounts · AA
2023-12-20
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officers · TM01
2023-12-19
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accounts · AA
2023-12-13
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WILLIAMS, David resigned
director
2023-10-25
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officers · AP01
2023-10-25
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officers · AP01
2023-10-04
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HYSLOP, Isla Telfer Brownlie appointed
director
2023-10-04
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WILSON, John Blair appointed
director
2023-08-09
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-31
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MOORE, Morag Mcdonald resigned
director
2023-04-06
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officers · AP01
2023-04-05
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accounts · AA
2023-03-27
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MAXWELL, Gillian Kirsteen appointed
director
2023-03-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-20
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BROWN, Mark Donald resigned
director
2023-01-04
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officers · AP01
2022-12-12
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REBECCHI, Marco Gino appointed
director
2022-10-10
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officers · AP01
2022-10-07
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officers · AP01
2022-09-26
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MCALPINE, Pauline appointed
director
2022-09-26
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MARSHALL, Trudi appointed
director
2022-04-13
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DALY, Kevin Andrew resigned
secretary
2022-02-26
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MALCOLMSON, Christine resigned
director
2021-11-24
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MCALISTER, Fraser appointed
director
2021-11-24
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BARRON, Derek T appointed
director
2021-11-24
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LAFFERTY, Gertrude resigned
director
2021-11-24
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MCKELLAR, Keith Alexander James resigned
director
2021-11-24
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NUGENT, John C, Dr appointed
director
2021-11-24
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WILLIAMS, David appointed
director
2021-06-28
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AIRD, James resigned
secretary
2021-06-28
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DALY, Kevin Andrew appointed
secretary
2020-07-22
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DUNBAR, Margaret resigned
director
2019-10-23
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CHAMBERS, Catriona Mcintoch resigned
director
2019-03-25
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BENNETT, Peter Fothergill appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 162 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 med ·

3 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: BARRON, Derek T resigned 2025-09-24; NUGENT, John C, Dr resigned 2025-09-24; WILSON, John Blair resigned 2025-12-09

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1981-07-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

12 Nelson Street

Greenock

PA15 1TS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-14

Last: 2026-03-31