CLIFF HOUSE CARE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC164820 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1996-04-11
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 29.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£1.56M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 29.5y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 29.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
84 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,562,805
Cash YoY
+4%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£519k
↑ 4.4% YoY
Net Worth
£1.6m
↑ 3.1% YoY
Current Assets
£570k
↑ 8.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.56M | £1.52M |
| Current assets | £569.6k | £522.9k |
| Cash | £518.9k | £497.2k |
| Debtors | £50.7k | £25.7k |
| Net assets | £1.56M | £1.52M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-18📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-04-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-04-05➖MURRAY, Alexander Birnie resigneddirector
- 2026-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-21➕OKOROMA, Chukwumela George appointeddirector
- 2025-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-02-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-06-04➖ADAM COCHRAN resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2003-12-18➖ROCKWELL, Peter William resigneddirector
- 2003-05-07➖MCWILLIAM, Brian resigneddirector
- 1996-10-25🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Grampian Healthcare National Health Service Trust
- 1996-10-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1996-07-25➕MCWILLIAM, Brian appointeddirector
- 1996-07-25➕ROCKWELL, Peter William appointeddirector
- 1996-04-11🏢Company incorporatedAs CLIFF HOUSE CARE LIMITED
- 1996-04-11➕MURRAY, David George appointeddirector
- 1996-04-11➕TAYLOR, Thomas appointeddirector
- 1996-04-11➕ADAM COCHRAN appointedcorporate-secretary
- 1996-04-11➕MURRAY, Alexander Birnie appointeddirector
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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 30 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr David George Murray Individual · Scottish · DOB 12/1952 · age 74 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 01/06/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Alexander Birnie Murrayceased 22/03/2026· significant influence · trust interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1996-04-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation
Registered office
11 Hunters Rise
Pitmedden
Ellon
Aberdeenshire
AB41 7QD
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-25
Last: 2025-04-11
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
MURRAY, David George→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 1996-04-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
OKOROMA, Chukwumela George→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2025-04-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TAYLOR, Thomas→
Activedirector · ~83y · appointed 1996-04-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ADAM COCHRAN→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 1996-04-11 · resigned 2014-06-04
MCWILLIAM, Brian→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · appointed 1996-07-25 · resigned 2003-05-07
MURRAY, Alexander Birnie→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 1996-04-11 · resigned 2026-04-05
ROCKWELL, Peter William→
Resigneddirector · ~83y · appointed 1996-07-25 · resigned 2003-12-18
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Grampian Healthcare National Health Service Trust | Standard security | 1 property | 25/10/1996 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 25/10/1996 | — |
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Recent filings (84 total)
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-04