CATALYST VINEYARD CHURCH

🌳Matureactive

SC366844 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2009-10-14

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.

Why now

Window closing · medium confidence

Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 75 → 85

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

↑Hygiene score: 75 → 85

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2024

Net worth

£1.41M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of religious organisations

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -38% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 11.7y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 11.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

16 officers (6 active, 16 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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 · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,405,190

Net assets shrinking

Down £45,481 YoY

Cash YoY

-38%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£403k

↓ 38% YoY

Net Worth

£1.4m

↓ 3.1% YoY

Current Assets

£576k

↓ 36% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Total assets	£1.98M	£2.03M
Current assets	£575.7k	£904.6k
Cash	£402.9k	£649.7k
Debtors	£172.8k	£254.8k
Net assets	£1.41M	£1.45M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand

2025-10-29
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GLAZIER, Simon Timothy resigned
director
2025-10-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-29
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-08-22
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ROBERTSON, Scott appointed
director
2025-08-18
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FREELAND, Charles Edward resigned
director
2025-05-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-01
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MCKIBBEN, Nicola resigned
director
2025-03-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-03
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DU PLESSIS, Michael Geoffrey appointed
director
2024-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-18
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ROBINSON, Natasha appointed
director
2023-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-12-13
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2022-11-21
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auditors-resignation-company
auditors · AUD
2022-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2022-04-19
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-05-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-26
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MCINTYRE, Audrey Elizabeth resigned
director
2021-04-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-04-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-21
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MCKIBBEN, Nicola appointed
director
2020-03-27
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MONTGOMERY, Janice resigned
director
2020-03-23
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FERGUSON, Ian George appointed
director
2018-04-04
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TURNER, Peter Mark resigned
director
2018-03-15
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MCCOLL, Lisa resigned
director
2018-03-15
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MCINTYRE, Audrey Elizabeth appointed
director
2017-01-24
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MONTGOMERY, Janice appointed
director
2016-03-28
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HORSFIELD, Michelle resigned
director
2016-03-28
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MCCOLL, Lisa appointed
director
2014-09-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2014-06-23
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OTARU, Yekemi Bolare resigned
director
2014-04-28
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TURNER, Peter Mark appointed
director
2013-05-06
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HORSFIELD, Michelle appointed
director
2013-04-22
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BONES, Anne resigned
director
2010-08-29
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OTARU, Yekemi Bolare appointed
director
2009-10-14
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Company incorporated
As CATALYST VINEYARD CHURCH
2009-10-14
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PURDIE, James appointed
secretary
2009-10-14
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PURDIE, James Edminstone appointed
director
2009-10-14
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BONES, Anne appointed
director
2009-10-14
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FREELAND, Charles Edward appointed
director
2009-10-14
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GLAZIER, Simon Timothy appointed
director

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: FREELAND, Charles Edward resigned 2025-08-18; GLAZIER, Simon Timothy resigned 2025-10-29

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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

Incorporated2009-10-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC94910 — Activities of religious organisations

Registered office

49 Gilcomston Park

Aberdeen

Aberdeenshire

AB25 1PN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-28

Last: 2025-10-14