CLINTON HOUSE STRATHCLYDE (CARE HOMES) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC148618 · ltd · incorporated 1994-01-25
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 32.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£492.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 32.0y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 32.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
93 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £492,813
Net assets shrinking
Down £15,692 YoY
Cash YoY
-1%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£174k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£493k
↓ 3.1% YoY
Current Assets
£278k
↓ 3.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£102k£203k£305k£407k£509kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£507.1k£519.9k
Current assets£277.9k£286.4k
Cash£174.3k£175.2k
Debtors£103.6k£111.2k
Net assets£492.8k£508.5k

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

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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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-01-14
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  2. 2024-06-21
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  5. 2023-10-02
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  6. 2023-10-01
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    MCMAHON, Moira Jan appointed
    director
  7. 2023-06-20
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  8. 2023-01-13
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  9. 2021-09-30
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  10. 2019-12-20
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  11. 2019-04-16
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  12. 2018-06-08
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  13. 2017-01-24
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  14. 2016-06-07
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  15. 2016-01-30
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  16. 2016-01-30
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  17. 2015-09-25
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    Charge satisfied #2
  18. 2015-09-25
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2011-06-06
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    CLINTON, David resigned
    director
  20. 1999-10-12
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    WELSH, William resigned
    director
  21. 1998-10-01
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    CLINTON, David appointed
    director
  22. 1994-05-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  23. 1994-04-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  24. 1994-01-25
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    Company incorporated
    As CLINTON HOUSE STRATHCLYDE (CARE HOMES) LIMITED
  25. 1994-01-25
    ➕
    WELSH, Janet appointed
    secretary
  26. 1994-01-25
    ➕
    WELSH, Janet appointed
    director
  27. 1994-01-25
    ➕
    WELSH, William appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 32 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Janet Welsh
Individual · British · DOB 06/1950 · age 76
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Moira Jan Mcmahon
Individual · British · DOB 07/1985 · age 41
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/10/2023

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
Incorporated1994-01-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC87300 — Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

1 Ayr Road
Shawsburn
Larkhall
South Lanarkshire
ML9 3AD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last: 2026-01-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WELSH, Janet→
secretary · appointed 1994-01-25
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Active
MCMAHON, Moira Jan→
director · ~41y · appointed 2023-10-01
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Active
WELSH, Janet→
director · ~76y · appointed 1994-01-25
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Active
CLINTON, David→
director · ~76y · appointed 1998-10-01 · resigned 2011-06-06
Resigned
WELSH, William→
director · ~80y · appointed 1994-01-25 · resigned 1999-10-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property02/05/199425/09/2015
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property26/04/199425/09/2015

Recent filings (93 total)

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2026-02-13
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2025-01-21
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2025-01-14
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accounts · AA
2024-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-01-17
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officers · AP01
2023-10-02
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accounts · AA
2023-06-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25
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2023-01-13
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2022-01-25
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2021-09-30
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2021-01-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-11