ALLOA FIRST LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC353754 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2009-01-20
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
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: General public administration activities
Sector: Public administration
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (51/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
51 officers (10 active, 51 linked, 49 with DOB)
89
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
150 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (114 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-10-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-10-14➖WILSON, Grant resigneddirector
- 2025-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-01-22➖MATCHETT, John Ian resigneddirector
- 2025-01-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-01-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-09-19➕CATLING, Liam appointeddirector
- 2024-09-19➕MONTGOMERY, Lorna appointeddirector
- 2024-06-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-02-22➕WILSON, Grant appointeddirector
- 2024-02-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-01-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-01-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-01-24📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-01-15➕COYNE, Denis, Cllr appointeddirector
- 2024-01-15➕STARK, Zak appointeddirector
- 2024-01-15➖POW, Bradley Lewis resigneddirector
- 2023-11-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-11-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-08-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-29➖COULTER, Anthea resigneddirector
- 2022-12-20➖MCARTHUR, Jacqui resigneddirector
- 2022-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-04-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-04-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-03-25➕POW, Bradley Lewis appointeddirector
- 2022-03-24➖ANDREWS, John Trevor resigneddirector
- 2022-03-24➖HAMILTON, Daphne resigneddirector
- 2022-03-24➖MACKLIN, Anne-Marie resigneddirector
- 2021-01-12➕CURRIE, Leeann appointeddirector
- 2021-01-12➕HAMILTON, Daphne appointeddirector
- 2020-04-01➖ROBERTSON, Honor resigneddirector
- 2020-01-20➖ECCLES, Bramley Joseph resigneddirector
- 2018-12-31➖ATKINSON & CO BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2018-11-26➕PIA, Aldo appointeddirector
- 2018-11-26➕ANDREWS, John Trevor appointeddirector
- 2018-11-26➖ANWAR, Saeed resigneddirector
- 2018-11-26➕COULTER, Anthea appointeddirector
- 2018-11-26➖GLASS, John resigneddirector
- 2018-11-26➖LEARY, Sandra resigneddirector
- 2018-11-26➖LINGIAH, Jason, Rev. resigneddirector
- 2018-11-26➕MACKLIN, Anne-Marie appointeddirector
- 2018-11-26➕MATCHETT, John Ian appointeddirector
- 2018-11-26➕MCARTHUR, Jacqui appointeddirector
Showing most recent 50 of 114 events
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -10 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 79 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2009-01-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC84110 — General public administration activities
Registered office
49 High Street High Street
Alloa
FK10 1JF
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-03
Last: 2026-01-20
Officers (10 active · 41 resigned)
CATLING, Liam→
Activedirector · ~35y · appointed 2024-09-19
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COYNE, Denis, Cllr→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 2024-01-15
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CURRIE, Leeann→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2021-01-12
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MCCALLUM, Rhona Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2017-09-01
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MCFARLANE, Neil→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2018-09-10
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MCMICHAEL, Hugh→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2011-03-03
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MONTGOMERY, Lorna→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2024-09-19
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Active
Active
TURNER, Alison Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2016-01-26
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MITCHELL, Andrew Joseph→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2009-01-20 · resigned 2009-01-30
ATKINSON & CO BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2011-05-25 · resigned 2018-12-31
ANDREWS, Helen Pollock Dawson→
Resigneddirector · ~87y · appointed 2009-01-24 · resigned 2010-06-01
ANDREWS, John Trevor→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · appointed 2018-11-26 · resigned 2022-03-24
ANWAR, Saeed→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2016-04-27 · resigned 2018-11-26
BAXTER, Thomas→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · appointed 2009-01-24 · resigned 2017-04-30
BLACKBURN, Brian→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2009-01-20 · resigned 2009-01-30
CHA, Sang, Rev.→
Resigneddirector · ~49y · appointed 2013-06-01 · resigned 2018-09-18
COULTER, Anthea→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2018-11-26 · resigned 2023-06-29
ECCLES, Bramley Joseph→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2018-09-10 · resigned 2020-01-20
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Recent filings (150 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-24