MANOR PARK FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED

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SC133100 · ltd · incorporated 1991-07-26
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 66190Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
  • 66290Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 33.7y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 33.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (59/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
84 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-07
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  2. 2025-09-28
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  3. 2025-01-09
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  4. 2024-12-19
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    WILLIAMS, Margaret Jean resigned
    secretary
  5. 2024-09-21
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2024-01-09
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  7. 2022-12-29
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  8. 2021-12-23
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  9. 2021-01-06
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  10. 2020-01-03
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  11. 2018-12-31
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  12. 2018-01-04
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  13. 2017-01-09
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  14. 2016-01-12
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-10-28
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  16. 2015-01-12
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  17. 1992-08-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 1991-07-26
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    Company incorporated
    As MANOR PARK FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
  19. 1991-07-26
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Alan David appointed
    director
  20. 1991-07-26
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  21. 1991-07-26
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  22. 1991-07-26
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Margaret Jean appointed
    secretary
  23. 1991-07-26
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  24. 1991-07-26
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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.)

Group structure

Douncroft Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Douncroft Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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MANOR PARK FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
This company · SC133100

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Douncroft Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
25–50%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
Mr Alan David Williams
Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1991-07-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC65300 — Pension funding

Registered office

Manor Park
Skelmorlie
Ayrshire
PA17 5HE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-09
Last: 2025-07-26

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

WILLIAMS, Alan David→
director · ~69y · appointed 1991-07-26
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Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-07-26 · resigned 1991-07-26
Resigned
WILLIAMS, Margaret Jean→
secretary · appointed 1991-07-26 · resigned 2024-12-19
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1991-07-26 · resigned 1991-07-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property12/08/1992—
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Recent filings (84 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-28
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-21
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-03