AITCHISON & COLEGRAVE TRUSTEES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC162171 · ltd · incorporated 1995-12-13

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2023

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: dormant / non-trading with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

38 officers (10 active, 38 linked, 30 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

15 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

168 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 101

Metric	2023-12-31
Average employees	0

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 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 address
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (89 events)Click to expand

2026-01-26
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-08
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JOHN, Helen Lesley appointed
director
2025-08-08
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LEE, Vanessa appointed
director
2025-07-02
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ARMES, Rohan Bruce Harcourt resigned
director
2025-07-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-19
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-12-20
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-12-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-20
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-12-19
➕
BARNETT, Melanie Jayne appointed
secretary
2024-12-19
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BARNETT, Melanie Jayne appointed
director
2024-12-19
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DAVIES, Charlotte resigned
secretary
2024-12-19
➖
DAVIES, Charlotte resigned
director
2024-08-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-30
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MURPHY, Giles Adam Stuart George resigned
director
2024-05-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-10
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-04-10
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-03-31
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DAVIES, Charlotte appointed
secretary
2024-03-31
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WHITE, Gavin Raymond resigned
secretary
2024-03-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-15
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DAVIES, Charlotte appointed
director
2024-03-15
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STEELE, Sian Louise resigned
director
2024-03-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-03
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-01-03
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-07
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second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2023-07-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
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SHAW, Susan Elizabeth resigned
director
2022-04-01
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MAHER, Peter Damian resigned
director
2022-03-31
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SAWYER, Gareth Matthew appointed
director
2022-03-04
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TALLON, Tobias Mark Brodrick appointed
director
2022-03-04
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MURPHY, Giles Adam Stuart George appointed
director
2021-12-31
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SAUNDERS, Deborah Ann resigned
secretary
2021-12-31
➕
WHITE, Gavin Raymond appointed
secretary
2021-12-30
➕
STEELE, Sian Louise appointed
director
2021-01-27
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DALRYMPLE, Jocelyn Hew appointed
director
2021-01-27
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JAMES, Nicholas appointed
director
2021-01-27
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JENNINGS, Simon Paul appointed
director
2021-01-27
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SHEPARD, Christopher Paul appointed
director
2021-01-27
➕
ARMES, Rohan Bruce Harcourt appointed
director
2021-01-27
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BADDELEY, Andrew Martin resigned
director
2021-01-27
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MAHER, Peter Damian appointed
director
2021-01-27
➖
MITFORD-SLADE, Nicola Claire resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 89 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

S&W Partners Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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S&W Partners Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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AITCHISON & COLEGRAVE TRUSTEES LIMITED

This company · SC162171

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
S&W Partners Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	21/12/2023

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Towry Finance Company Limitedceased 21/12/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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7 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

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1995-12-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Q Court

3 Quality Street

Edinburgh

EH4 5BP

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-19

Last: 2026-01-05