THE LAURANDY CENTRE

🌳Matureactive

SC371304 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2010-01-18

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

48 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-05-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-23
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accounts · AA
2025-01-09
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officers · CH01
2024-09-19
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accounts · AA
2023-09-29
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accounts · AA
2023-01-09
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officers · AP01
2022-10-31
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JOHNSTON, Gina Louise appointed
director
2022-10-12
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accounts · AA
2022-09-21
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officers · AP01
2022-09-21
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officers · AP01
2022-09-21
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officers · TM01
2022-09-15
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SAPALSKI, Catherine Ellen appointed
director
2022-09-15
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TAIT, Allan appointed
director
2022-09-15
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FERNIE, William Neil resigned
director
2022-02-10
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officers · TM02
2021-10-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-16
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officers · TM01
2021-03-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-10-13
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SIMPSON, Lorna Eileen resigned
secretary
2020-10-13
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SIMPSON, Lorna Eileen resigned
director
2020-10-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-09
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accounts · AA
2019-01-08
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accounts · AA
2016-10-10
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ROSS, Margaret appointed
director
2016-10-10
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ALLAN, Margaret Johan resigned
director
2016-10-10
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SMITH, Niall Colvin Hunter resigned
director
2014-10-13
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BRISKHAM, John Logan resigned
director
2010-01-18
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Company incorporated
As THE LAURANDY CENTRE
2010-01-18
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MACAUSLAN, Peter Ranald Cameron appointed
director
2010-01-18
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SIMPSON, Lorna Eileen appointed
secretary
2010-01-18
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ALLAN, Margaret Johan appointed
director
2010-01-18
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BRISKHAM, John Logan appointed
director
2010-01-18
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FERNIE, William Neil appointed
director
2010-01-18
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SIMPSON, Lorna Eileen appointed
director
2010-01-18
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SMITH, Niall Colvin Hunter 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Miss Tracy Jane Mackay Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1979 · age 47	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest	22/10/2020
Mrs Margaret Johan Allan Individual · British · DOB 05/1956 · age 70	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest	12/01/2017

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2010-01-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC88100 — Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

Unit 33 Airport Industrial Estate

Wick

Caithness

KW1 4QS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-23

Last: 2026-01-09