ADDIEWELL PRISON LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC291454 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-10

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 19.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

84230SIC 84230

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 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

5 live charges · oldest 19.8y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 19.8 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: medium (61/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

38 officers (5 active, 38 linked, 28 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

35 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

148 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 address

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (96 events)Click to expand

2026-03-04
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address · AD01
2025-10-15
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accounts · AA
2025-06-19
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POUPARD, Natalia appointed
director
2025-06-19
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MARTINA, Giorgia resigned
director
2025-06-19
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officers · AP01
2025-06-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
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officers · AP04
2023-09-21
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-09-13
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ALBANY SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2023-09-13
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MITCHELL, Ailison Louise resigned
secretary
2022-12-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-22
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MARTINA, Giorgia appointed
director
2022-11-22
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WOODBURN, Neil Andrew resigned
director
2022-11-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-14
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officers · AP01
2022-06-01
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HOLDEN, Mark Geoffrey David resigned
director
2022-06-01
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WOODBURN, Neil Andrew appointed
director
2022-02-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-02
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-02-02
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-01-31
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MITCHELL, Ailison Louise appointed
secretary
2022-01-31
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RAPLEY, Wendy Lisa, Mrs. resigned
secretary
2021-10-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-05-25
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-09-12
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HEATH, James Christopher appointed
director
2018-09-12
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QUAIFE, Geoffrey Alan resigned
director
2018-08-30
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LAKER, Gary John resigned
director
2018-02-14
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RAPLEY, Wendy Lisa, Mrs. appointed
secretary
2017-11-30
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PHILLIPS, Judith Carlyon resigned
secretary
2017-11-17
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FIELD, Christopher Richard resigned
director
2017-11-17
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RENHARD, Ian Michael resigned
director
2017-10-01
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LAKER, Gary John appointed
director
2017-10-01
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MCDOWELL, Janine Marcelle resigned
director
2015-11-26
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KEEN, Richard resigned
secretary
2015-11-26
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PHILLIPS, Judith Carlyon appointed
secretary
2015-11-26
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LEECH, Anthony Leonard resigned
director
2015-11-26
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MCDOWELL, Janine Marcelle appointed
director
2014-09-04
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KEEN, Richard appointed
secretary
2014-09-04
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ROBERTS, Wendy Lisa resigned
secretary
2013-05-03
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EXFORD, Colin Michael resigned
director
2013-05-03
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HOLDEN, Mark Geoffrey David appointed
director
2013-05-03
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QUAIFE, Geoffrey Alan appointed
director
2011-12-14
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ELLIOT, Timothy Richard, Mr. resigned
director
2011-10-28
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Charge registered #5
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2011-09-19
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PATERSON, David John resigned
director

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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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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

1 low

5 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

Project And Export Finance (Nominees) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Project And Export Finance (Nominees) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ADDIEWELL PRISON LTD

This company · SC291454

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
Project And Export Finance (Nominees) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	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

Incorporated2005-10-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Sodexo Limited Office 415, Neo Space, Neo House

Riverside Drive

Aberdeen

AB11 7LH

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-21

Last: 2025-10-07