THE SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY WOODLANDS TRUST

🌳Matureactive

SC171277 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1997-01-13

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 Jan 2025

Net worth

£54.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

45 officers (7 active, 45 linked, 40 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

148 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £54,289

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£54k

↑ 42% YoY

Current Assets

£31k

↑ 109% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£54.3k	£38.3k
Current assets	£30.6k	£14.6k
Net assets	£54.3k	£38.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (105 events)Click to expand

2026-04-20
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officers · TM01
2026-04-10
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DAUBE, Phil resigned
director
2026-02-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-29
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address · AD01
2025-10-31
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accounts · AA
2025-04-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-03
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JACKETS, Sarah resigned
director
2025-01-16
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officers · AP01
2025-01-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-15
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officers · TM01
2025-01-13
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officers · TM01
2025-01-12
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STEPHENSON, Jennifer Ruth appointed
director
2025-01-12
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JONES, David Hamilton resigned
director
2025-01-12
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MOODIE, Matthew William Richard resigned
director
2025-01-12
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MURRAY, Anna resigned
director
2024-11-24
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accounts · AA
2024-01-15
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officers · TM01
2024-01-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-15
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2024-01-15
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officers · AP01
2024-01-15
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officers · AP01
2024-01-14
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JACKETS, Sarah appointed
director
2024-01-14
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MURRAY, Anna appointed
director
2024-01-14
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PEARCE, Lex resigned
director
2024-01-14
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SLATTERY, Karen resigned
director
2024-01-14
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STEPHENSON, Jenny resigned
director
2023-10-31
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accounts · AA
2023-04-24
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officers · TM01
2023-04-21
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CLAYTON, Sean resigned
director
2023-04-07
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officers · AP01
2023-04-07
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officers · TM01
2023-01-29
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MACARTHUR, Marion appointed
director
2023-01-29
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ROSS, Alex resigned
director
2022-10-31
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accounts · AA
2022-01-23
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GAULD, Aaron appointed
director
2022-01-23
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MOFFAT, Graham resigned
director
2021-04-18
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STEPHENSON, Jenny appointed
director
2020-09-21
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ALLISON, John William appointed
director
2020-02-01
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ALLISON, John William resigned
director
2020-02-01
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CROSBY, John Allen resigned
director
2019-01-13
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MACARTHUR, Douglas appointed
director
2019-01-13
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PEARCE, Lex appointed
director
2019-01-11
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GLANVILLE, Ben Idris resigned
director
2018-09-05
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DARWELL, Peter resigned
director
2017-03-11
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STEPHENSON, Jennifer Ruth resigned
director
2017-01-08
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BETT, Charles resigned
director
2017-01-08
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CLAYTON, Sean appointed
director
2017-01-08
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COX, Jeremy Michael resigned
director
2017-01-08
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DAUBE, Phil appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 105 events

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Aaron Benjamin Gauld Individual · British · DOB 02/1971 · age 55	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	03/02/2026

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Matthew William Richard Moodieceased 03/02/2026· significant influence · trust interest

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1997-01-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Hillend Farmhouse

Auldgirth

Dumfries

DG2 0UB

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-27

Last: 2026-01-13