CROSSROADS CARE ORKNEY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC164342 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1996-03-21

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

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Providing day-to-day community-based care and support services to elderly and disabled people in the Orkney area, likely through respite and home support programmes that enable carers and their families to maintain independence without residential accommodation.

Primary activity: Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (48/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

56 officers (9 active, 56 linked, 51 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

175 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (124 events)Click to expand

2026-02-25
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2025-10-21
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2025-10-07
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GUNN, Wendy Joan resigned
director
2025-06-26
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officers · AP01
2025-06-17
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SCHOLES, Inga Couper appointed
director
2025-06-11
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officers · TM02
2025-06-11
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2025-05-27
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RITCH, Sheila Kirkpatrick appointed
secretary
2025-05-26
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MONTGOMERY, Arlene Brock resigned
secretary
2024-12-16
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2024-12-13
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MCLENNAN, Lillian Anne appointed
director
2024-12-13
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GUNN, Wendy Joan appointed
director
2024-12-13
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LAWRENCE, Suzanne Karen resigned
director
2024-08-07
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2024-06-21
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2024-06-21
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2024-05-30
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DOYLE, Mary Frances resigned
director
2024-01-09
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SCHOLES, Inga Couper resigned
director
2023-11-15
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accounts · AA
2022-07-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-03
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officers · TM02
2021-11-03
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2021-10-26
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MONTGOMERY, Arlene Brock appointed
secretary
2021-10-25
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TAIT, Olivia Jane Groundwater resigned
secretary
2020-08-26
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WARMAN, Kerry appointed
director
2020-02-26
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COOK, Beatrice resigned
director
2019-06-25
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BASTER, Miriam Sharon resigned
director
2018-06-26
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LAWRENCE, Suzanne Karen appointed
director
2018-06-26
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MCINNES, Elizabeth Brown resigned
director
2018-06-17
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CAMPBELL, Anne resigned
director
2018-03-12
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GUNN, Wendy Joan resigned
director
2017-12-12
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NEISH, William Beattie appointed
director
2017-12-12
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RUSSELL, Linda appointed
director
2017-12-12
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DOYLE, Mary Frances appointed
director
2017-06-27
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LESLIE, Gifford Still resigned
director
2016-11-04
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MANZIE, Michelle resigned
director
2016-08-08
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MANZIE, Michelle appointed
director
2015-12-31
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KNOX, Archie John resigned
director
2015-09-22
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COOK, Beatrice appointed
director
2015-03-12
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FORNEAR, Leslie resigned
director
2014-01-21
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GUNN, Wendy Joan appointed
director
2013-12-10
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FORNEAR, Leslie appointed
director
2013-09-17
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SCHOLES, Inga Couper appointed
director

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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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple 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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

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

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RUMSTER OUTDOOR CENTRE MANAGEMENT GROUP→ SC285739 · est 2005 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	20y	83	80y
DUNBEATH & DISTRICT CENTRE→ SC137444 · est 1992 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	34y	81	78y
ORKNEY HYPERBARIC TRUST→ SC260588 · est 2003 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	22y	81	78y
ORKNEY MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS THERAPY CENTRE LTD.→ SC120296 · est 1989	—	—	£251.9k	—	36y	81	84y
THE LAURANDY CENTRE→ SC371304 · est 2010 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	16y	81	76y
APOTEKNIK LIMITED→ SC529695 · est 2016	—	—	£2.45M	—	10y	80	60y
FOOD & BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH→ SC253448 · est 2003	—	—	£2.3k	—	22y	80	67y
CAITHNESS VOLUNTARY GROUP→ SC150015 · est 1994 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	32y	79	78y
DEMENTIA FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES LTD→ SC431830 · est 2012	—	—	£290.8k	—	13y	79	73y
GREEN COURT RESPITE LTD→ SC529116 · est 2016	—	—	£21.1k	—	10y	78	59y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1996-03-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC88100 — Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

Kirkwall Travel Centre

West Castle Street

Kirkwall

Orkney

KW15 1GU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-07

Last: 2026-02-21