EMPLOYABILITY ORKNEY

🌳Matureactive

SC292811 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2005-11-07

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 Mar 2024

Net worth

£278.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

73/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Special-situation opportunity

Distressed professional-services with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

43 officers (7 active, 43 linked, 37 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

125 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

73/100Strong

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

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £278,060

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£211k

Net Worth

£278k

Current Assets

£303k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-03-31
Total assets	£296.1k
Current assets	£303.3k
Cash	£210.9k
Debtors	£42.4k
Net assets	£278.1k

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

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3 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 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (100 events)Click to expand

2025-12-10
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accounts · AA
2025-12-04
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officers · CH01
2025-11-11
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officers · TM01
2025-11-11
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officers · CH01
2025-07-10
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TAYLOR, Carol Robertson resigned
director
2024-12-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
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officers · TM01
2024-06-26
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STEWART, Kirsteen resigned
director
2023-12-07
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officers · AP01
2023-12-07
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officers · AP01
2023-12-07
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officers · AP01
2023-12-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-12
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TAYLOR, Susan appointed
director
2023-01-12
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STEWART, Kirsteen appointed
director
2023-01-12
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TAYLOR, Carol Robertson appointed
director
2022-12-12
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officers · TM01
2022-12-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-14
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officers · AP01
2022-11-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-25
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WIGLEY, Gillian resigned
director
2021-11-12
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LESLIE, Trevor Robertson appointed
director
2021-11-12
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KEMP, Claire Anne resigned
director
2021-11-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-30
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ROBB, Jill resigned
director
2019-11-29
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DUNDAS, Alan Andrew appointed
director
2019-11-29
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officers · AP01
2019-11-29
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officers · AP01
2019-11-29
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officers · AP01
2018-11-30
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LEARMONTH, Gillian appointed
director
2018-11-30
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WIGLEY, Gillian appointed
director
2017-10-25
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ROBB, Jill appointed
director
2017-02-27
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ROBERTSON, Marie Grace resigned
director
2016-04-04
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ROBERTSON, Marie Grace appointed
director
2015-12-08
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HALL, Peter Lindsay resigned
director
2015-12-08
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KEMP, Claire Anne appointed
director
2015-10-02
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NICOLSON, Kirsten resigned
director
2015-07-30
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GUNN, Alison resigned
director
2015-06-21
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MARWICK, Malcolm Stewart resigned
director
2014-10-02
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SCHOLES, Inga Couper resigned
director
2014-08-13
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NICOLSON, Kirsten appointed
director
2013-05-07
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MILLER, Melanie resigned
director
2012-12-06
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LEARMONTH, Dorothy resigned
director
2012-11-23
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GILBEY, Tina resigned
director
2012-10-29
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SUTHERLAND, Amy appointed
secretary
2012-10-29
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SMEE, Gillian Claire appointed
director
2012-10-29
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MARWICK, Malcolm Stewart appointed
director
2012-10-29
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MILLER, Melanie appointed
director
2012-10-29
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SCHOLES, Inga Couper appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 100 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 high ·

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2025-11-20

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2005-11-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies

Registered office

62 Junction Road

Kirkwall

Orkney

KW15 1AR

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2025-11-20OVERDUE

Last: 2024-11-06