BALLANTRAE RURAL INITIATIVE CARE IN THE COMMUNITY LIMITED

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SC181899 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1998-01-02
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£1.97M
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 90-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 90). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
43 officers (10 active, 43 linked, 39 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
150 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,971,060

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.2m
Net Worth
£2.0m
Current Assets
£1.3m
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-30
Total assets£1.97M
Current assets£1.28M
Cash£1.21M
Debtors£72.4k
Net assets£1.97M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (97 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-13
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  2. 2025-06-30
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  7. 2025-06-24
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  8. 2025-05-02
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    officers · TM01
  9. 2024-11-18
    BIRCH, Georgette appointed
    director
  10. 2024-11-18
    BIRCH, Justin James appointed
    director
  11. 2024-11-18
    CAMPBELL, Gwendoline Anne appointed
    director
  12. 2024-11-18
    MCDONALD, Stuart appointed
    director
  13. 2024-11-18
    MCGINLAY, Aileen Margaret appointed
    director
  14. 2024-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
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  15. 2024-05-27
    DALRYMPLE, Robert Hew resigned
    director
  16. 2023-11-13
    DAVIDSON, Jean Caldwell resigned
    director
  17. 2023-11-13
    DUNLOP, Jean Bennie resigned
    director
  18. 2023-11-13
    MCCULLOCH, Janet Davidson resigned
    director
  19. 2023-11-13
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  20. 2023-11-13
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  21. 2023-11-13
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  22. 2023-11-13
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  23. 2023-09-28
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  24. 2022-09-29
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  25. 2022-09-10
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  26. 2022-05-20
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  27. 2022-05-20
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  28. 2022-05-01
    FAIRBAIRN, Gavin James, Professor resigned
    director
  29. 2021-11-07
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    officers · CH03
  30. 2021-10-01
    MCWHIRTER, Mary Jane Anderson Mccormick resigned
    director
  31. 2021-10-01
    VOCE, Jean resigned
    director
  32. 2021-10-01
    WRIGHT, Sandra resigned
    director
  33. 2021-09-28
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    officers · TM01
  34. 2020-07-31
    MCNALLY, Colin John resigned
    director
  35. 2018-05-01
    MACINTYRE, Teresa appointed
    director
  36. 2017-12-10
    WILKINSON, Arrick resigned
    director
  37. 2015-03-04
    FAIRBAIRN, Gavin James, Professor appointed
    director
  38. 2015-03-04
    HUNT, Linden Irene resigned
    director
  39. 2015-03-04
    PETERKIN, Jean Brodie resigned
    director
  40. 2015-03-04
    WILKINSON, Arrick appointed
    director
  41. 2012-02-24
    STEVENSON, Amelia Binnie resigned
    secretary
  42. 2012-02-24
    PETERKIN, Jean Brodie appointed
    director
  43. 2011-02-25
    LOVE, Neville Brian resigned
    director
  44. 2010-02-02
    BEAN, Margaret resigned
    director
  45. 2009-01-30
    MCNALLY, Colin John appointed
    secretary
  46. 2009-01-30
    MCAULAY, Anna Marie resigned
    director
  47. 2009-01-30
    MCNALLY, Colin John appointed
    director
  48. 2008-02-05
    BEAN, Margaret appointed
    director
  49. 2007-07-31
    PATEL, Margaret Julia resigned
    director
  50. 2006-05-10
    PARK, Lesley Anne resigned
    director
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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
  • -9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 90 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 90 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 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
Incorporated1998-01-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

12 Main Street
Ballantrae
Girvan
Ayrshire
KA26 0NB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-12
Last: 2025-06-28

Officers (10 active · 33 resigned)

MCNALLY, Colin John
secretary · appointed 2009-01-30
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Active
BIRCH, Georgette
director · ~55y · appointed 2024-11-18
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Active
BIRCH, Justin James
director · ~56y · appointed 2024-11-18
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Active
CAMPBELL, Gwendoline Anne
director · ~76y · appointed 2024-11-18
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Active
MACINTYRE, Teresa
director · ~67y · appointed 2018-05-01
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Active
MCDONALD, Stuart
director · ~47y · appointed 2024-11-18
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Active
MCGINLAY, Aileen Margaret
director · ~76y · appointed 2024-11-18
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Active
STEVENSON, Amelia Binnie
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-11-05
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Active
STEVENSON, Rosemary
director · ~90y · appointed 1998-01-02
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Active
THORBURN, Catherine Dalgleish
director · ~73y · appointed 1998-01-02
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Active
COSSLETT, Alison
secretary · appointed 2003-02-05 · resigned 2003-08-22
Resigned
MAULE, Margaret Conway Milne
secretary · appointed 1998-01-02 · resigned 2003-02-05
Resigned
STEVENSON, Amelia Binnie
secretary · appointed 2003-11-05 · resigned 2012-02-24
Resigned
BEAN, Margaret
director · ~80y · appointed 2008-02-05 · resigned 2010-02-02
Resigned
BELL, Irene Elizabeth
director · ~84y · appointed 1999-11-26 · resigned 2003-02-05
Resigned
CLARK, Gladys Isabella
director · ~93y · appointed 1999-11-26 · resigned 2003-12-03
Resigned
COWIESON, John Mccrae
director · ~98y · appointed 1999-11-26 · resigned 2002-10-08
Resigned
DALRYMPLE, Robert Hew
director · ~80y · appointed 2003-02-05 · resigned 2024-05-27
Resigned
DAVIDSON, Jean Caldwell
director · ~88y · appointed 1999-11-26 · resigned 2023-11-13
Resigned
DUNLOP, Jean Bennie
director · ~100y · appointed 1999-11-26 · resigned 2023-11-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (150 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-24
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2025-05-02
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accounts · AA
2024-07-02
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2024-06-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
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2023-11-13
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