STAIRLIFTS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC165156 · ltd · incorporated 1996-04-24
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 29.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
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 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 29.9y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
92 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.

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£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees13001400

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-25
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    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-03-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2024-11-10
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    BARRY, Morna May resigned
    director
  6. 2024-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-04-11
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  8. 2023-10-24
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    capital · SH08
  9. 2023-10-24
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  10. 2023-10-24
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2023-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  17. 2017-06-27
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  18. 2007-02-05
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    BARRY, Michael John resigned
    director
  19. 2007-01-31
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    BARRY, Jonathan Marc appointed
    director
  20. 2001-04-10
    ➕
    BARRY, Michael John appointed
    director
  21. 2001-02-27
    ➖
    BARRY, Michael John resigned
    director
  22. 1996-07-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 1996-04-24
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    Company incorporated
    As STAIRLIFTS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  24. 1996-04-24
    ➕
    BARRY, Lisa Melinda appointed
    secretary
  25. 1996-04-24
    ➕
    BARRY, Lisa Melinda appointed
    director
  26. 1996-04-24
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  27. 1996-04-24
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  28. 1996-04-24
    ➕
    BARRY, Michael John appointed
    director
  29. 1996-04-24
    ➕
    BARRY, Morna May appointed
    director
  30. 1996-04-24
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  31. 1996-04-24
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Lisa Melinda Barry
Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Jonathan Marc Barry
Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Morna May Barryceased 10/11/2024· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 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
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-04-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

Arrol House
9 Arrol Road
Glasgow
G40 3DQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-26
Last: 2026-03-12

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

BARRY, Lisa Melinda→
secretary · appointed 1996-04-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARRY, Jonathan Marc→
director · ~61y · appointed 2007-01-31
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Active
BARRY, Lisa Melinda→
director · ~62y · appointed 1996-04-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-04-24 · resigned 1996-04-24
Resigned
BARRY, Michael John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-04-10 · resigned 2007-02-05
Resigned
BARRY, Michael John→
director · ~60y · appointed 1996-04-24 · resigned 2001-02-27
Resigned
BARRY, Morna May→
director · ~85y · appointed 1996-04-24 · resigned 2024-11-10
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1996-04-24 · resigned 1996-04-24
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
Bond & floating charge1 property09/07/1996—
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Recent filings (92 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-20
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-10-24
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-10-24
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-21