C H MORRISON LTD

🌳Matureactive

04701896 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-19

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other human health activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

59 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-11-28
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2024-09-23
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2023-10-04
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accounts · AA
2022-09-21
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accounts · AA
2021-09-09
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accounts · AA
2020-09-17
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accounts · AA
2020-01-10
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address · AD01
2019-11-14
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accounts · AA
2019-09-04
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address · AD01
2018-10-26
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accounts · AA
2018-03-05
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MORRISON, Christine Janet resigned
secretary
2018-03-05
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officers · TM02
2017-12-21
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accounts · AA
2016-09-29
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accounts · AA
2016-03-24
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annual-return · AR01
2015-10-05
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accounts · AA
2008-04-01
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MORRISON, Christine Janet appointed
director
2003-03-21
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MORRISON, Christopher Hugh appointed
director
2003-03-21
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MORRISON, Christine Janet appointed
secretary
2003-03-20
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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2003-03-20
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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2003-03-19
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Company incorporated
As C H MORRISON LTD
2003-03-19
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
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2003-03-19
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

100/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MORRISON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
Mr Christopher Hugh Morrison Individual · British · DOB 05/1950 · age 76	25–50%	25–50%	board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest	01/06/2016
Mrs Christine Janet Morrison Individual · British · DOB 07/1958 · age 68	25–50%	25–50%	board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest	01/06/2016

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

Incorporated2003-03-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

32 Fairways

Consett

DH8 5NT

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-15

Last: 2026-03-01

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MORRISON, Christine Janet→

director · ~68y · appointed 2008-04-01

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Active

MORRISON, Christopher Hugh→

director · ~76y · appointed 2003-03-21

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Active

MORRISON, Christine Janet→

secretary · appointed 2003-03-21 · resigned 2018-03-05

Resigned

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-19 · resigned 2003-03-20

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-19 · resigned 2003-03-20

Resigned

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