SEAFORTH HOUSE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC140707 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1992-10-13
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
11 officers (7 active, 11 linked, 10 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
91 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees373400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-09-18
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    MACLEAN, Fiona appointed
    director
  4. 2024-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-01
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  8. 2022-03-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-03-29
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  10. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-01-27
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    DAVISON, Margaret resigned
    director
  13. 2019-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-01-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  15. 2019-01-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2018-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2011-08-28
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    DAVISON, James Geoffrey appointed
    director
  19. 2011-08-28
    ➕
    DAVISON, Robert Charles Richard appointed
    director
  20. 2004-02-13
    ➖
    MORTON, Alexander Maclaren resigned
    director
  21. 2003-07-01
    ➕
    GOODFELLOW, Janette appointed
    director
  22. 2002-01-21
    ➖
    HAMILTON MEIKLE, Patricia Mary resigned
    director
  23. 1999-07-01
    ➕
    DAVISON, Barbara Susan appointed
    director
  24. 1999-06-30
    ➖
    MACKINNON, Catherine Calder, Dr resigned
    director
  25. 1995-03-27
    ➕
    MACKINNON, Catherine Calder, Dr appointed
    director
  26. 1995-03-17
    ➕
    HAMILTON MEIKLE, Patricia Mary appointed
    director
  27. 1995-03-17
    ➕
    MORTON, Alexander Maclaren appointed
    director
  28. 1992-10-13
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    Company incorporated
    As SEAFORTH HOUSE LIMITED
  29. 1992-10-13
    ➕
    DAVISON, Clifford appointed
    secretary
  30. 1992-10-13
    ➕
    DAVISON, Clifford appointed
    director
  31. 1992-10-13
    ➕
    DAVISON, Margaret appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +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

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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1992-10-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC87300 — Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

Fairburn House
Urray
Muir Of Ord
Ross-Shire
IV6 7UT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-22
Last: 2026-01-08

Officers (7 active · 4 resigned)

DAVISON, Clifford→
secretary · appointed 1992-10-13
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Active
DAVISON, Barbara Susan→
director · ~56y · appointed 1999-07-01
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Active
DAVISON, Clifford→
director · ~81y · appointed 1992-10-13
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Active
DAVISON, James Geoffrey→
director · ~58y · appointed 2011-08-28
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Active
DAVISON, Robert Charles Richard→
director · ~59y · appointed 2011-08-28
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Active
GOODFELLOW, Janette→
director · ~83y · appointed 2003-07-01
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Active
MACLEAN, Fiona→
director · ~69y · appointed 2025-09-18
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Active
DAVISON, Margaret→
director · ~82y · appointed 1992-10-13 · resigned 2021-01-27
Resigned
HAMILTON MEIKLE, Patricia Mary→
director · ~106y · appointed 1995-03-17 · resigned 2002-01-21
Resigned
MACKINNON, Catherine Calder, Dr→
director · ~73y · appointed 1995-03-27 · resigned 1999-06-30
Resigned
MORTON, Alexander Maclaren→
director · ~101y · appointed 1995-03-17 · resigned 2004-02-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (91 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-04
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-31
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-03-18