DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY CITIZENS ADVICE SERVICE

🌳Matureactive

SC179254 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1997-09-25

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

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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other information service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 92-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 92). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (47/100)

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

91 officers (11 active, 91 linked, 87 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

259 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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 incorporation

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 incorporation
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (193 events)Click to expand

2026-04-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-31
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CHATTERJEE, Sudipto appointed
director
2026-02-09
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-02-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-23
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
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LAIRD, Anne Louise appointed
director
2025-12-02
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BENZIE, Jessica resigned
director
2025-12-02
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address · AD01
2025-04-10
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-04-10
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-01-24
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-05
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HOLMES, Claire appointed
director
2024-03-05
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BENZIE, Jessica appointed
director
2024-01-05
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WALLS, Andrew David Finlay resigned
director
2024-01-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-25
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FERNS, Stuart resigned
director
2023-05-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-17
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RAYMOND, Eilidh resigned
director
2022-11-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-14
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ROSS, Mhairi Lorna appointed
director
2022-07-29
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-06-08
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FERNS, Stuart appointed
director
2021-03-10
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WEARING, Malcolm Alan resigned
director
2020-12-09
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WRIGHT, Robert Graham Sidney appointed
director
2020-09-09
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DONNELLY, Graham resigned
director
2019-12-10
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SMITH, Maureen appointed
director
2019-12-10
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RAYMOND, Eilidh appointed
director
2019-12-10
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WEARING, Malcolm Alan appointed
director
2019-07-10
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STEWART, Philip Ross appointed
secretary
2019-06-07
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IRVING, Susan Ann resigned
secretary
2019-03-05
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JARDINE, Leslie Thomas resigned
director
2017-12-07
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ARMSTRONG, Stella resigned
director
2017-12-07
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MCGOWAN, Lorna Jean resigned
director
2017-12-07
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WALLS, Andrew David Finlay appointed
director
2017-01-12
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CAIG, Marsali appointed
director
2015-02-17
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HENDERSON, Jennifer Mary resigned
director
2014-11-18
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MCCULLOCH, Thomas Wylie resigned
director
2014-01-21
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MUIR, Alexander James resigned
director
2013-12-13
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DONNELLY, Graham appointed
director
2013-11-13
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JOHNSTONE, Brian appointed
director
2013-11-13
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MUIR, Alexander James appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 193 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

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 92 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 92 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1997-09-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC63990 — Other information service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

109 Irish Street

Dumfries

DG1 2NP

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-06

Last: 2025-09-22