ABOYNE COMMUNITY TRUST

🌳Matureactive

SC170657 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1996-12-16

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 22.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£522.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 49390

Sector: Transportation & storage

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

85520Cultural education

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 22.7y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 22.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

91 officers (10 active, 91 linked, 86 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

228 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

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £522,164

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£226k

Net Worth

£522k

Current Assets

£235k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31
Total assets	£522.2k
Current assets	£234.7k
Cash	£226.4k
Net assets	£522.2k

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

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4 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

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (199 events)Click to expand

2025-12-16
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officers · TM01
2025-12-08
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EASTWOOD, Antonia resigned
director
2025-09-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-17
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TAPPER, Nicholas William appointed
director
2025-09-17
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TAYLOR, Susan appointed
director
2025-09-17
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BARKER, Ashley Peter resigned
director
2025-09-17
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RAE, Brian Crawford resigned
director
2025-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-15
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change-of-name-exemption
change-of-name · NE01
2025-07-15
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change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-07-15
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-07-19
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mortgage · MR04
2024-07-19
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mortgage · MR04
2024-07-19
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Charge satisfied #2
2024-07-19
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Charge satisfied #1
2024-07-18
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-part
mortgage · MR04
2024-07-18
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-part
mortgage · MR04
2024-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-17
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officers · AP01
2023-12-15
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EMSLIE, Alan John appointed
director
2023-11-16
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-11-16
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-11-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-07
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officers · AP01
2023-10-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-18
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GRIEVE, Christopher Murray Trevlyn appointed
director
2023-10-18
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TAYLOR, Graham Neil appointed
director
2023-10-18
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BLAKE, Simon Maclean resigned
director
2023-09-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-19
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EASTWOOD, Antonia appointed
director
2023-07-03
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KITCHING, Jonathan Stephen resigned
director
2023-06-14
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BLACKETT, Geva Charlotte Caroline, Councillor resigned
director
2023-03-15
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GARDYNE, Stephen Robert John resigned
director
2023-02-15
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BLAKE, Simon Maclean appointed
director
2023-01-18
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ROBERTSON, Fiona Grace appointed
director
2022-12-14
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LAING, Malcolm Donald appointed
director
2022-12-14
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EMSLIE, Alan John resigned
director
2022-12-14
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MITCHELL, Mark resigned
director
2022-12-14
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SMOUT, Richard Peter resigned
director
2022-06-01
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BLACKETT, Geva Charlotte Caroline, Councillor appointed
director
2022-05-05
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ARGYLE, Peter John resigned
director
2022-03-16
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LEE, Philip Shaw appointed
director
2021-11-19
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CASSIE, Duncan resigned
director
2021-11-19
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MACKIE, Lynn Margaret Irvine resigned
director
2021-07-21
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BARKER, Ashley Peter appointed
director
2021-07-21
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GARDYNE, Stephen Robert John appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 199 events

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

2 med ·

3 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

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

Evidence: BARKER, Ashley Peter resigned 2025-09-17; EASTWOOD, Antonia resigned 2025-12-08; RAE, Brian Crawford resigned 2025-09-17

Name changed 2 times

medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-07-15: change-of-name-exemption; 2025-07-15: certificate-change-of-name-company

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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-limited-exemption

Incorporated1996-12-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

14 Carden Place

Aberdeen

AB10 1UR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-08

Last: 2025-10-25