THORNTONS POLICY TRUSTEES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC424232 · ltd · incorporated 2012-05-16

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.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

21 officers (15 active, 21 linked, 21 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

15 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31

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 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand

2025-12-05
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officers · TM01
2025-11-28
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ROUGHEAD, Alan resigned
director
2025-11-10
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accounts · AA
2025-09-01
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HAINEY, Lisa May appointed
director
2025-09-01
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MITCHELL, Sarah appointed
director
2025-09-01
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ROUGHEAD, Alan appointed
director
2025-09-01
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officers · AP01
2025-09-01
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officers · AP01
2025-09-01
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officers · AP01
2025-07-22
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ETHERINGTON, David Murray resigned
director
2025-07-22
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officers · TM01
2025-06-02
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officers · AP01
2025-05-22
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officers · AP01
2025-05-15
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COUTTS, Morna Jane appointed
director
2025-05-14
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DUFF, Susan Margaret appointed
director
2025-02-03
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officers · AP01
2025-02-03
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officers · AP01
2025-01-31
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ANDERSON, Rachel appointed
director
2025-01-31
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HORNE, Emma Ashley appointed
director
2025-01-23
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accounts · AA
2024-10-30
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DICKSON, Graeme Ross Campbell appointed
director
2024-10-30
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DISHINGTON, Audrey Anne appointed
director
2024-10-30
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GARDINER, Christopher Peter John appointed
director
2024-10-30
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MACKAY, Iain Finlay Magnus appointed
director
2024-10-30
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MACKIE, Stuart Irvine appointed
director
2024-10-30
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PRATT, Stephanie Elizabeth appointed
director
2024-10-30
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2024-10-30
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2024-10-30
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2024-10-30
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officers · AP01
2024-06-18
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officers · TM01
2024-05-31
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MCKEOWN, Anne Janette resigned
director
2023-11-21
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accounts · AA
2022-11-30
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accounts · AA
2022-01-17
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officers · CH01
2019-07-18
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MACPHERSON, Clare Susan appointed
director
2019-07-18
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RENFREW, Bruce Norman appointed
director
2019-07-18
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ETHERINGTON, David Murray appointed
director
2019-07-18
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MCKEOWN, Anne Janette appointed
director
2019-05-31
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DUNLOP, George John Muir resigned
director
2019-02-22
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FARQUHAR, Malcolm Robert Pirie resigned
director
2015-05-31
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BARR, Elizabeth Margaret resigned
director
2012-05-16
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Company incorporated
As THORNTONS POLICY TRUSTEES LIMITED
2012-05-16
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BARCLAY, Nicholas appointed
director
2012-05-16
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BARR, Elizabeth Margaret appointed
director
2012-05-16
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DUNLOP, George John Muir appointed
director
2012-05-16
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FARQUHAR, Malcolm Robert Pirie appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS

-15 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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: ETHERINGTON, David Murray resigned 2025-07-22; ROUGHEAD, Alan resigned 2025-11-28

Group structure

Thorntons Law Llp holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Thorntons Law Llp

Corporate parent · board control

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THORNTONS POLICY TRUSTEES LIMITED

This company · SC424232

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Thorntons Law Llp Corporate entity	—	—	board controlboard control · firm interest	06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2012-05-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Whitehall House

33 Yeaman Shore

Dundee

DD1 4BJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-30

Last: 2025-05-16