BLACKADDERS TRUSTEES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC213924 · ltd · incorporated 2000-12-18

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

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 21.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: dormant / non-trading with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.0y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 21.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

16 officers (5 active, 16 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

93 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand

2025-05-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-05
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change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2024-11-05
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-05
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-09-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-11
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BROWN, Lindsey Louise appointed
director
2024-03-11
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ROSS, Dale appointed
director
2023-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-23
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-18
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SNEDDON, Douglas resigned
director
2022-08-18
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WILLIAMSON, Charles Fraser Scott resigned
director
2022-08-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-17
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GRUNENBERG, Petra Anna Frieda Cornelia resigned
director
2022-08-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-09-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-08-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-06-14
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DARROCH, Lindsay Duncan Gunn resigned
director
2019-06-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2017-06-30
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MCDOWALL, Laura appointed
director
2013-05-28
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DARROCH, Lindsay Duncan Gunn appointed
director
2013-03-31
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GORDON, Donald Neil resigned
director
2013-03-31
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HUTCHESON, Donald Henry Cameron resigned
director
2011-03-31
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SCOTT, Philip Cameron resigned
director
2010-08-10
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GOW, David Charles resigned
director
2008-06-24
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GRUNENBERG, Petra Anna Frieda Cornelia appointed
director
2008-06-24
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SCOTT, Philip Cameron appointed
director
2008-04-01
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BLACKADDERS LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-04-01
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THE FIRM OF BLACKADDERS resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-03-31
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LOVEGROVE, Barbara resigned
director
2006-04-13
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YOUNG, Dennis James resigned
director
2005-04-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2002-07-02
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GORDON, Donald Neil appointed
director
2002-07-02
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LOVEGROVE, Barbara appointed
director
2002-07-02
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SNEDDON, Douglas appointed
director
2002-07-02
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WILLIAMSON, Charles Fraser Scott appointed
director
2000-12-28
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CLARK, Johnston Peter Campbell appointed
director
2000-12-18
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Company incorporated
As BLACKADDERS TRUSTEES LIMITED
2000-12-18
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THE FIRM OF BLACKADDERS appointed
corporate-secretary
2000-12-18
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GOW, David Charles appointed
director
2000-12-18
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HUTCHESON, Donald Henry Cameron appointed
director
2000-12-18
➕
YOUNG, Dennis James appointed
director

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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.)

Group structure

Blackadders Llp is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Blackadders Llp

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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BLACKADDERS TRUSTEES LIMITED

This company · SC213924

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Blackadders Llp Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2000-12-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

10 Euclid Crescent

Dundee

DD1 1AG

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-01

Last: 2025-12-18