REVIVE COMMUNITY CHURCH

🌳Matureactive

SC277902 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2005-01-05

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

£262.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of religious organisations

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -54% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

18 officers (6 active, 18 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

90 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 · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £262,331

Net assets shrinking

Down £26,385 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 54% YoY

Cash YoY

-54%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£31k

↓ 54% YoY

Net Worth

£262k

↓ 9.1% YoY

Current Assets

£47k

↓ 49% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£262.3k	£288.7k
Current assets	£46.6k	£91.1k
Cash	£30.7k	£66.3k
Debtors	£13.5k	£22.5k
Net assets	£262.3k	£288.7k

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

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand

2026-01-23
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SPRIGGS, Anthony Michael resigned
director
2026-01-23
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officers · TM01
2026-01-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-23
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officers · AP01
2021-11-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-10
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COATESWORTH, Paula Marie appointed
director
2021-11-10
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DALGARNO, Charlotte Rebecca appointed
director
2021-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-12-31
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MASONI, Smart resigned
director
2020-09-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-04
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officers · AP03
2020-04-01
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WYLLIE, Sharon Deanne appointed
secretary
2020-03-22
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KINGHORN, Jane Fulton resigned
secretary
2020-03-22
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-01-08
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-08-01
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HAY, Alison resigned
director
2019-07-22
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2017-06-14
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WYLLIE, Sharon appointed
director
2017-06-14
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MASONI, Smart appointed
director
2017-06-14
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SPRIGGS, Anthony Michael appointed
director
2017-06-14
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SPRIGGS, Jason Marc resigned
director
2015-11-30
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MORGAN, Mark Jeffrey resigned
director
2015-01-08
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KINGHORN, Jane Fulton appointed
secretary
2014-05-20
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HARRIS, Colette Marie resigned
secretary
2014-01-20
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FRENCH, Peter appointed
director
2014-01-20
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HARRIS, Colette Marie appointed
secretary
2014-01-20
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WYLLIE, Katharine Frances resigned
secretary
2014-01-20
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CHRISTIE, Graham resigned
director
2014-01-20
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MORGAN, Mark Jeffrey appointed
director
2014-01-20
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WYLLIE, Katharine Frances resigned
director
2005-08-01
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MCLAREN, James Andrew resigned
director
2005-06-03
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MCLEAN, Alexander Johnston Chalmers resigned
director
2005-01-05
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Company incorporated
As REVIVE COMMUNITY CHURCH
2005-01-05
➕
WYLLIE, Duncan, Rev appointed
director
2005-01-05
➕
WYLLIE, Katharine Frances appointed
secretary
2005-01-05
➕
CHRISTIE, Graham appointed
director
2005-01-05
➕
HAY, Alison appointed
director
2005-01-05
➕
MCLAREN, James Andrew appointed
director
2005-01-05
➕
MCLEAN, Alexander Johnston Chalmers appointed
director
2005-01-05
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SPRIGGS, Jason Marc appointed
director
2005-01-05
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WYLLIE, Katharine Frances appointed
director

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

-5 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 69 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Rev Duncan Wyllie Individual · British · DOB 01/1957 · age 69	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	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

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2005-01-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC94910 — Activities of religious organisations

Registered office

Revive Community Church

Constitution Street

Peterhead

AB42 1SE

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-18

Last: 2026-02-04