ARDWELL COMMUNITY KIRK

🏛️Establishedactive

SC535735 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2016-05-18

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

—

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

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

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

29 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-01-28
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accounts · AA
2025-02-26
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accounts · AA
2024-01-25
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accounts · AA
2023-05-17
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officers · AP01
2023-05-04
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COPELAND, Richard James appointed
director
2022-11-15
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accounts · AA
2022-04-28
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officers · AP01
2022-04-17
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SERVICE, Charles appointed
director
2021-12-31
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accounts · AA
2021-05-24
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officers · CH03
2021-05-19
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officers · TM01
2021-05-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-11-19
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BAIRD, Alistair Gordon resigned
director
2020-10-30
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accounts · AA
2019-08-06
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accounts · AA
2018-12-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-01-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-06-21
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officers · TM02
2017-05-24
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officers · AP03
2017-05-18
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SMITH, Rhona appointed
secretary
2017-05-18
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BAIRD, Alistair Gordon resigned
secretary
2016-05-18
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Company incorporated
As ARDWELL COMMUNITY KIRK
2016-05-18
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BREWIS, Aileen Teresa appointed
director
2016-05-18
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BREWIS, Christopher Mark John appointed
director
2016-05-18
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WRIGHT, Margaret appointed
director
2016-05-18
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BAIRD, Alistair Gordon appointed
secretary
2016-05-18
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BAIRD, Alistair Gordon appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Margaret Wright Individual · British · DOB 12/1943 · age 83	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest	18/05/2016
Mrs Aileen Teresa Brewis Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest	18/05/2016
Mr Christopher Mark John Brewis Individual · British · DOB 12/1956 · age 70	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest	18/05/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Alistair Gordon Bairdceased 19/11/2020· significant influence · trust interest

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

Incorporated2016-05-18

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

Ardwell House

Ardwell

Stranraer

DG9 9LY

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last: 2025-05-17