MORNINGSIDE LIGHT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC167165 · ltd · incorporated 1996-07-22
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
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£52.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £52,360

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£18k
Net Worth
£52k
Current Assets
£55k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£11k£22k£33k£44k£55kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£53.3k—
Current assets£55.0k—
Cash£17.8k—
Net assets£52.4k—
Average employees—200

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-23
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-06-21
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    HENDRICK, Ruth Marion appointed
    director
  8. 2022-06-20
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  9. 2022-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-03-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2015-02-27
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    HENDERY, Ruth Diane resigned
    director
  17. 1998-07-07
    ➕
    HENDERY, Ruth Diane appointed
    director
  18. 1998-07-07
    ➖
    MOREBY, Tim resigned
    director
  19. 1996-07-22
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    Company incorporated
    As MORNINGSIDE LIGHT LIMITED
  20. 1996-07-22
    ➕
    NAFTALIN, Maurice Paul appointed
    secretary
  21. 1996-07-22
    ➕
    NAFTALIN, Maurice Paul appointed
    director
  22. 1996-07-22
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1996-07-22
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1996-07-22
    ➕
    MOREBY, Tim 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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 78 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 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Maurice Paul Naftalin
Individual · British · DOB 01/1951 · age 75
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control22/07/2016

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
Incorporated1996-07-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

6 St. Colme Street
Edinburgh
EH3 6AD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-15
Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

NAFTALIN, Maurice Paul→
secretary · appointed 1996-07-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HENDRICK, Ruth Marion→
director · ~78y · appointed 2022-06-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NAFTALIN, Maurice Paul→
director · ~75y · appointed 1996-07-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-07-22 · resigned 1996-07-22
Resigned
HENDERY, Ruth Diane→
director · ~70y · appointed 1998-07-07 · resigned 2015-02-27
Resigned
MOREBY, Tim→
director · ~82y · appointed 1996-07-22 · resigned 1998-07-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-23
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2022-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-23