AUCHENBLAE & DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

🌳Matureactive
SC332446 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2007-10-16
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 Jul 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
53 officers (5 active, 53 linked, 47 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
154 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-07-31
Average employees0

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (123 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-06-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-06-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-11-23
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2024-11-20
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-11-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2024-11-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2024-06-01
    THOMSON, Michael resigned
    secretary
  10. 2024-06-01
    BROOKS-ROONEY, Lucas resigned
    director
  11. 2024-06-01
    MCCREADIE, Gillian resigned
    director
  12. 2024-06-01
    PATTERSON, Ellie resigned
    director
  13. 2024-06-01
    THOMSON, Michael resigned
    director
  14. 2024-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2024-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2023-06-06
    COOLES, Philip Edwards appointed
    director
  17. 2023-06-06
    COOLES, Sandra appointed
    director
  18. 2023-06-06
    MCCOMBIE, Charlene resigned
    director
  19. 2023-06-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2023-06-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2023-06-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2023-04-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC03
  23. 2023-02-27
    PIRIE, Ffion Shona resigned
    director
  24. 2023-02-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  25. 2023-02-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  26. 2023-02-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  27. 2023-02-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  28. 2023-02-07
    MCCOMBIE, Charlene appointed
    director
  29. 2023-02-07
    PATTERSON, Ellie appointed
    director
  30. 2022-08-31
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  31. 2022-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  32. 2022-08-09
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  33. 2022-02-02
    MCALISTER, Jacqui resigned
    director
  34. 2021-10-20
    WYLIE, Nicola resigned
    director
  35. 2021-03-02
    HARRISON LEWIS, Tracey appointed
    director
  36. 2021-03-02
    WOMBWELL, Anna resigned
    director
  37. 2021-03-02
    WYLIE, Nicola appointed
    director
  38. 2020-03-11
    MCCREADIE, Gillian appointed
    director
  39. 2020-03-11
    WOMBWELL, Anna appointed
    director
  40. 2020-03-07
    PIRIE, Ffion resigned
    secretary
  41. 2020-03-07
    THOMSON, Michael appointed
    secretary
  42. 2020-03-07
    BROOKS-ROONEY, Lucas appointed
    director
  43. 2020-03-07
    LEIGH, Elizabeth Anne resigned
    director
  44. 2020-03-07
    THOMSON, Michael appointed
    director
  45. 2020-03-03
    HUMPHREY, Jacqueline Jolanda resigned
    director
  46. 2019-04-02
    MCALISTER, Jacqui appointed
    director
  47. 2019-04-02
    PIRIE, Ffion Shona appointed
    director
  48. 2019-02-05
    HARRISON-LEWIS, Tracey Kim resigned
    secretary
  49. 2019-02-05
    PIRIE, Ffion appointed
    secretary
  50. 2019-02-05
    HARRISON-LEWIS, Tracey Kim resigned
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 123 events

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kevin L Newstead
Individual · British · DOB 07/1954 · age 72
sig. influencesignificant influence01/06/2024
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Lucas Brooks-Rooneyceased 01/06/2024· significant influence · trust interest · firm interest
  • Miss Ffion Pirieceased 27/02/2023· board control
  • Mrs Jacqueline Jolanda Humphreyceased 03/03/2020· significant influence

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2007-10-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

Auchenblae Village Hall Monboddo Street
Auchenblae
Laurencekirk
Kincardineshire
AB30 1XQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-25
Last: 2025-10-11

Officers (5 active · 48 resigned)

COOLES, Philip Edwards
director · ~73y · appointed 2023-06-06
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Active
COOLES, Sandra
director · ~80y · appointed 2023-06-06
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Active
HARRISON LEWIS, Tracey
director · ~58y · appointed 2021-03-02
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Active
NEWSTEAD, Kevin Louis
director · ~72y · appointed 2017-12-09
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Active
NOBLE, Allister
director · ~62y · appointed 2014-10-13
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Active
ELLIOTT, Nicholas George Ciaran
secretary · appointed 2014-10-13 · resigned 2018-10-02
Resigned
HARRISON-LEWIS, Tracey Kim
secretary · appointed 2018-10-02 · resigned 2019-02-05
Resigned
MORGAN, Alice Angus
secretary · appointed 2008-09-09 · resigned 2014-11-03
Resigned
PIRIE, Ffion
secretary · appointed 2019-02-05 · resigned 2020-03-07
Resigned
THOMSON, Michael
secretary · appointed 2020-03-07 · resigned 2024-06-01
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-10-16 · resigned 2008-09-09
Resigned
BROOKS-ROONEY, Lucas
director · ~31y · appointed 2020-03-07 · resigned 2024-06-01
Resigned
COCHRANE, Lindsay Taylor
director · ~60y · appointed 2008-09-09 · resigned 2010-09-07
Resigned
DOWNS, Gary
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-01-13 · resigned 2010-04-06
Resigned
EASTER, Regina Beate Heidemarie
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-10-16 · resigned 2014-10-07
Resigned
ELLIOTT, Debbie
director · ~51y · appointed 2014-10-13 · resigned 2017-12-09
Resigned
FRASER, Lindsay Christine
director · ~67y · appointed 2011-10-04 · resigned 2014-01-07
Resigned
GAMMIE, Elizabeth
director · ~72y · appointed 2007-10-16 · resigned 2010-09-07
Resigned
GUNSON, Veronica Ann
director · ~82y · appointed 2009-09-08 · resigned 2010-09-07
Resigned
HARRISON-LEWIS, Tracey Kim
director · ~58y · appointed 2007-10-16 · resigned 2019-02-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (154 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-11-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-06