SEFTON CARERS CENTRE

🌳Matureactive

03124430 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1995-11-10

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 20.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.3y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 20.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (65/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

38 officers (10 active, 38 linked, 35 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

139 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

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	2025-03-31
Average employees	44

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

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (89 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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2025-06-26
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officers · AP01
2025-06-19
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BARTRAM-PADDAN, Kulwant appointed
director
2025-03-12
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NEWTON, Kathryn Margaret appointed
director
2025-03-12
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officers · AP01
2025-03-12
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officers · CH01
2025-03-12
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officers · CH01
2024-11-27
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accounts · AA
2024-05-31
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HOWARD, Paul Anthony appointed
director
2024-05-31
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officers · AP01
2024-01-07
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accounts · AA
2024-01-04
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accounts · AAMD
2023-11-23
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officers · TM01
2023-10-19
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BICKERTON, Sarah resigned
director
2023-08-16
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2023-08-16
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2023-08-16
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2023-06-15
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MCMILLAN, Jacqueline Carol appointed
director
2023-06-15
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RIMMER, Susan appointed
director
2023-06-15
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GREENWOOD, Hugh Gerald resigned
director
2022-09-21
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accounts · AA
2022-01-26
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officers · AP01
2022-01-26
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2022-01-20
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MCCULLOUGH, David Allan appointed
director
2022-01-20
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CHITTENDEN, Andy Mark resigned
director
2021-11-04
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officers · TM01
2021-11-01
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accounts · AA
2021-10-21
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DARE, Susan Linda resigned
director
2021-03-30
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officers · AP01
2021-02-18
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GREENWOOD, Hugh Gerald appointed
director
2020-12-11
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accounts · AA
2020-10-22
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SHORT, Geraint Islwyn resigned
director
2020-02-24
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Charge satisfied #1
2019-10-24
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DAVIES, Valerie Ann resigned
director
2019-09-29
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BICKERTON, Sarah appointed
director
2019-09-29
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CHITTENDEN, Andy Mark appointed
director
2017-08-18
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DAVIDSON, Andrew resigned
director
2016-11-03
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KEELEY, Victoria Karen appointed
secretary
2016-11-03
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GILL, Lorraine Anne resigned
secretary
2016-11-03
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CLITHEROE, Patricia resigned
director
2015-09-17
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BRIDSON, Andrew Mark appointed
director
2015-09-17
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DAVIDSON, Andrew appointed
director
2015-09-17
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DAVIES, Valerie Ann appointed
director
2015-09-17
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HUTCHINGS, Roger Victor resigned
director
2015-03-12
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DARE, Susan Linda appointed
director
2014-12-11
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SHORT, Geraint Islwyn appointed
director
2014-09-02
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GILL, Lorraine Anne appointed
secretary
2014-09-02
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WILLIAMS, Elizabeth Ann resigned
secretary
2014-09-02
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MURPHY, Richard Patrick resigned
director
2014-05-06
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COCHRANE, Carole Pamela resigned
director

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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

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1995-11-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC88990 — Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

Registered office

27-37 South Road

Waterloo

Liverpool

Merseyside

L22 5RF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-24

Last: 2025-11-10