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SC083144 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1983-05-17

Investment thesis

Company dissolved — not a live target.

Why interesting: Historical record only; useful for precedent research.

Why risky: Not transactable.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2015

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

64/100

Worth a look

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed unclear — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Company dissolved. Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

51 officers (4 active, 51 linked, 47 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

147 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

64/100Worth a look

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality

Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · UK GAAP

Metric	2015-03-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (111 events)Click to expand

2016-10-11
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gazette · GAZ2(A)
2016-10-11
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Company dissolved
2016-07-26
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gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2016-07-14
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dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2016-02-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-09-09
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
annual-return · AR01
2014-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-12-11
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2014-10-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2014-10-02
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QUINN, Terry resigned
director
2014-09-26
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
annual-return · AR01
2014-09-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2014-06-26
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address
address · AD01
2014-01-30
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termination-director-company-with-name
officers · TM01
2014-01-21
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WALSH, Victoria Rachel resigned
director
2013-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2013-11-06
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termination-director-company-with-name
officers · TM01
2013-11-05
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LANG, Margaret Jane resigned
director
2013-11-04
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termination-director-company-with-name
officers · TM01
2013-10-23
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PATERSON, Diane Mitchell resigned
director
2013-09-13
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
annual-return · AR01
2013-09-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2013-07-11
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officers · AP01
2013-07-11
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termination-director-company-with-name
officers · TM01
2013-06-17
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BARRETT, Laurence Charles appointed
director
2013-06-17
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GARDINER, David John resigned
director
2013-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2012-11-01
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LEMETTI, Joseph resigned
director
2012-11-01
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termination-director-company-with-name
officers · TM01
2012-09-18
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
annual-return · AR01
2012-08-01
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termination-director-company-with-name
officers · TM01
2012-07-27
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DUFF, Douglas Stirling resigned
director
2012-01-16
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GARDINER, David John appointed
director
2012-01-16
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name
officers · AP01
2012-01-04
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termination-director-company-with-name
officers · TM01
2011-12-31
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BARRETT, Laurence Charles resigned
director
2011-07-28
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QUINN, Terry appointed
director
2011-03-17
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WALSH, Victoria Rachel appointed
director
2010-11-18
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EDWARDS, Doulgas appointed
director
2010-11-18
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WILLIS, Michael Dennis resigned
director
2010-01-07
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STEVENSON, George Bruce appointed
director
2010-01-07
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BARRETT, Laurence Charles appointed
director
2010-01-07
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MITCHELL, Alastair Leslie resigned
director
2009-10-05
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LANG, Margaret Jane appointed
director
2009-09-17
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ROSS, Sinclair Alexander resigned
secretary
2009-02-12
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OXBURGH, Graham Ardern resigned
director
2007-10-12
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GOW, Ronald William resigned
director
2007-10-12
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LEMETTI, Joseph appointed
director
2007-07-12
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BRYSON, David, Councillor resigned
director
2007-07-12
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MCNEILL, Raymond resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 111 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 high ·

Company dissolved

high

Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only.

Evidence: Dissolved on 2016-10-11

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusdissolved

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1983-05-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Office 1.07, Shearer Building Earls Road

Grangemouth

Stirlingshire

FK3 8XG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: —

Last made up to: 2015-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: —

Last: —

Officers (0 active · 47 resigned)

BARRETT, Laurence Charles→

director · ~72y · appointed 2013-06-17

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

EDWARDS, Doulgas→

director · ~78y · appointed 2010-11-18

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MORRISON, Craig William→

director · ~62y · appointed 2002-12-09

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

STEVENSON, George Bruce→

director · ~77y · appointed 2010-01-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ROSS, Sinclair Alexander→

secretary · resigned 2009-09-17

Resigned

ANDERSON, Denis Alexander→

director · ~76y · appointed 1993-09-16 · resigned 2006-04-01

Resigned

ANDERSON, James Fraser Gillan, Councillor→

director · ~97y · appointed 1991-03-04 · resigned 1994-09-30

Resigned

ANDERSON, William, Councillor→

director · ~83y · appointed 1995-01-16 · resigned 1996-03-31

Resigned

ARMITAGE, David Anthony→

director · ~86y · resigned 1993-09-16

Resigned

BARRETT, Laurence Charles→

director · ~72y · appointed 2010-01-07 · resigned 2011-12-31

Resigned

BRYSON, David, Councillor→

director · ~76y · appointed 2001-06-11 · resigned 2007-07-12

Resigned

BURT, Patrick→

director · ~83y · resigned 1989-12-01

Resigned

DALLINSON, Neil→

director · ~61y · appointed 1998-04-20 · resigned 1999-05-10

Resigned

DUFF, Douglas Stirling→

director · ~69y · appointed 2006-10-06 · resigned 2012-07-27

Resigned

DUGDALE BRADLEY, John Peter, Mr.→

director · ~85y · resigned 1999-09-17

Resigned

FEIGHAN, William Anthony→

director · ~82y · resigned 1992-06-01

Resigned

FERGUSON, David Robert Fowler→

director · ~88y · appointed 1995-07-31 · resigned 2004-03-31

Resigned

FERGUSON, Edward Lawson→

director · ~89y · resigned 1993-09-16

Resigned

GARDINER, David John→

director · ~64y · appointed 2012-01-16 · resigned 2013-06-17

Resigned

GOW, Ronald William→

director · ~85y · appointed 1991-12-09 · resigned 2007-10-12

Resigned

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Recent filings (147 total)

gazette-dissolved-voluntary

gazette · GAZ2(A)

2016-10-11

gazette-notice-voluntary

gazette · GAZ1(A)

2016-07-26

dissolution-application-strike-off-company

dissolution · DS01

2016-07-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small

accounts · AA

2016-02-02

annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list

annual-return · AR01

2015-09-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small

accounts · AA

2014-12-22

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2014-12-11

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2014-10-08

annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list

annual-return · AR01

2014-09-26

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2014-09-26

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address

address · AD01

2014-06-26

termination-director-company-with-name

officers · TM01

2014-01-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2013-12-30

termination-director-company-with-name

officers · TM01

2013-11-06

termination-director-company-with-name

officers · TM01

2013-11-04