ABBEYGREEN MINISTRIES TRUST

🏛️Establishedactive
SC645441 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2019-10-28
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
year to Dec 2023
Net worth
£520.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of religious organisations
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle 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: medium (61/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
13 officers (9 active, 13 linked, 11 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £520,162

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£185k
Net Worth
£520k
Current Assets
£185k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2023-12-31
Total assets£520.2k
Current assets£184.7k
Cash£184.7k
Debtors£0
Net assets£520.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-01-24
    CARMICHAEL, David Smyth, Rev resigned
    director
  6. 2022-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-08-22
    PURTON, Nathan James appointed
    director
  9. 2022-05-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2022-05-03
    KELLY, Malcolm Gordon resigned
    director
  11. 2022-03-02
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  12. 2022-03-01
    GRAHAM, Richard John appointed
    secretary
  13. 2022-03-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2022-03-01
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2022-02-15
    NICOL, Robert Leiper, Dr resigned
    secretary
  16. 2022-02-15
    NICOL, Robert Leiper resigned
    director
  17. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  18. 2021-08-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2020-11-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2020-10-23
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  22. 2020-07-06
    COWIE, Alexander Campbell appointed
    director
  23. 2020-07-06
    GRAHAM, Richard John appointed
    director
  24. 2020-07-06
    SHAW, Kenneth appointed
    director
  25. 2020-07-06
    CARMICHAEL, David Smyth, Rev appointed
    director
  26. 2020-07-06
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  27. 2020-07-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  28. 2020-07-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  29. 2020-07-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  30. 2020-06-01
    NICOL, Robert Leiper, Dr appointed
    secretary
  31. 2019-10-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABBEYGREEN MINISTRIES TRUST
  32. 2019-10-28
    HYND, Alasdair Guthrie appointed
    director
  33. 2019-10-28
    MARTIN, Alan appointed
    director
  34. 2019-10-28
    MARTIN, Richard appointed
    director
  35. 2019-10-28
    MCPHEE, Alexander Stewart appointed
    director
  36. 2019-10-28
    KELLY, Malcolm Gordon appointed
    director
  37. 2019-10-28
    NICOL, Robert Leiper 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
  • -8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2019-10-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC94910 — Activities of religious organisations

Registered office

The Manse 6 Abbeygreen
Lesmahagow
Lanark
Lanarkshire
ML11 0DB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last: 2025-10-28

Officers (9 active · 4 resigned)

GRAHAM, Richard John
secretary · appointed 2022-03-01
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Active
COWIE, Alexander Campbell
director · ~74y · appointed 2020-07-06
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Active
GRAHAM, Richard John
director · ~40y · appointed 2020-07-06
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Active
HYND, Alasdair Guthrie
director · ~50y · appointed 2019-10-28
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Active
MARTIN, Alan
director · ~56y · appointed 2019-10-28
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Active
MARTIN, Richard
director · ~54y · appointed 2019-10-28
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Active
MCPHEE, Alexander Stewart
director · ~69y · appointed 2019-10-28
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Active
PURTON, Nathan James
director · ~51y · appointed 2022-08-22
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Active
SHAW, Kenneth
director · ~41y · appointed 2020-07-06
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Active
NICOL, Robert Leiper, Dr
secretary · appointed 2020-06-01 · resigned 2022-02-15
Resigned
CARMICHAEL, David Smyth, Rev
director · ~73y · appointed 2020-07-06 · resigned 2023-01-24
Resigned
KELLY, Malcolm Gordon
director · ~59y · appointed 2019-10-28 · resigned 2022-05-03
Resigned
NICOL, Robert Leiper
director · ~57y · appointed 2019-10-28 · resigned 2022-02-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (32 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-18
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-03-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-01
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-03-01
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2021-10-29