ARDBLAIR ASSOCIATES LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC212154 · ltd · incorporated 2000-10-19
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£27.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £27,625
Cash YoY
+35%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£34k
↑ 35% YoY
Net Worth
£28k
↑ 54% YoY
Current Assets
£60k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£12k£24k£36k£48k£60kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£27.6k£17.9k
Current assets£60.0k£47.1k
Cash£33.7k£24.9k
Debtors£26.3k£22.2k
Net assets£27.6k£17.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-12-16
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  3. 2023-11-16
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  4. 2022-12-14
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  5. 2021-12-16
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  6. 2020-12-17
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  7. 2019-12-02
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  8. 2019-03-21
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  9. 2018-01-23
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  10. 2017-01-04
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  11. 2015-11-24
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  12. 2015-10-27
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  13. 2014-12-09
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  14. 2014-10-20
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  15. 2013-12-10
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  16. 2000-10-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ARDBLAIR ASSOCIATES LTD.
  17. 2000-10-19
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    GRAHAM, Jean appointed
    secretary
  18. 2000-10-19
    ➕
    GRAHAM, Andrew appointed
    director
  19. 2000-10-19
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    GRAHAM, Jean appointed
    director
  20. 2000-10-19
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2000-10-19
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2000-10-19
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2000-10-19
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Graham
Individual · British · DOB 12/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/06/2016
Mrs Jean Graham
Individual · British · DOB 08/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/06/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-10-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Oakfield House
378 Brandon Street
Motherwell
ML1 1XA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-02
Last: 2025-10-19

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GRAHAM, Jean→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-19
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Active
GRAHAM, Andrew→
director · ~68y · appointed 2000-10-19
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Active
GRAHAM, Jean→
director · ~69y · appointed 2000-10-19
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-10-19 · resigned 2000-10-19
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-10-19 · resigned 2000-10-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

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2025-12-17
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2025-10-21
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2024-12-16
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2024-10-21
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2023-11-16
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2023-10-19
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2022-12-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-19
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accounts · AA
2021-12-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-19
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2020-12-17
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2020-10-19
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2019-12-02
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2019-10-21
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accounts · AA
2019-03-21