CREETOWN BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC352813 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2008-12-22

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 15.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£282.8k

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 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 15.3y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 15.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

37 officers (7 active, 37 linked, 29 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

116 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £282,843

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£283k

Current Assets

£3k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31
Total assets	£282.8k
Current assets	£2.9k
Net assets	£282.8k

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (93 events)Click to expand

2025-10-30
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officers · AP01
2025-10-29
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MCKAY, Ralston William, Dr appointed
director
2025-06-06
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officers · CH03
2025-06-06
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accounts · AA
2025-05-30
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officers · AP01
2025-05-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-29
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-29
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officers · AP03
2025-03-26
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MCKAY, Ralston William, Dr appointed
secretary
2025-03-26
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DOLAN, Jane appointed
director
2025-03-26
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MCDAVID, Henry Douglas appointed
director
2025-03-26
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MCNAB, James Stuart appointed
director
2025-02-10
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WINTER, Michael resigned
director
2025-02-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-11
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officers · TM01
2025-01-09
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PEARSALL, Shelley resigned
director
2025-01-05
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MACPHAIL, Lorna resigned
director
2025-01-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-22
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SAINTY, Peter resigned
director
2024-11-22
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officers · TM01
2024-10-18
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GIBLIN, Rebecca resigned
secretary
2024-10-18
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DOLAN, Jane resigned
director
2024-10-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-18
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-09-30
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BUCKLEY, Mark resigned
director
2024-09-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-16
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accounts · AA
2024-04-07
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officers · AP01
2024-04-01
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DOLAN, Jane appointed
director
2024-03-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-21
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address · AD01
2024-03-20
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-03-09
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ANDERSON, James Murray resigned
director
2024-03-09
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MACPHAIL, Lorna appointed
director
2024-03-09
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PEARSALL, Shelley appointed
director
2024-03-09
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WINTER, Michael appointed
director
2024-03-07
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BLAEN, Fiona resigned
secretary
2024-03-07
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GIBLIN, Rebecca appointed
secretary
2024-03-07
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SERVICE, Rosanne resigned
director
2024-03-07
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WATSON, Amy-Dee Rhodes resigned
director
2023-06-28
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BLAEN, Fiona resigned
director
2023-02-27
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HORTON, Valerie Joan appointed
director
2023-02-27
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SYED, Shameen resigned
director
2022-08-21
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BUCKLEY, Mark appointed
director
2022-02-17
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HANNAY, David Rainsford, Dr resigned
director
2022-02-17
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MCKAY, Ralston William, Dr resigned
director

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Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2008-12-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

Quarrymen's Arts Centre Hill Street

Creetown

Newton Stewart

DG8 7HG

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-21

Last: 2025-11-07