WEST VIEW (MONREITH) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC179935 · ltd · incorporated 1997-10-23

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Oct 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: General medical practice activities

Sector: Human health & social work

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

87300Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Average employees	1800	1800

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-07-21
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2023-08-14
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2022-07-22
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2021-07-05
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2020-07-08
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2019-06-14
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2018-07-23
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2017-07-31
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2016-07-05
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2015-10-29
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2015-07-27
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2014-11-05
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2014-07-30
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2013-10-28
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2008-05-27
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HUGHES, Stanley appointed
secretary
2008-05-27
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HUGHES, Elizabeth appointed
director
2008-05-27
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ELLISON, James Rigby resigned
secretary
2008-05-27
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ELLISON, Dorothy resigned
director
2008-05-27
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ELLISON, James Rigby resigned
director
2008-05-27
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ELLISON, Lyndsey Catherine resigned
director
2002-09-05
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HUGHES, Stanley appointed
director
1997-10-23
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Company incorporated
As WEST VIEW (MONREITH) LIMITED
1997-10-23
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ELLISON, James Rigby appointed
secretary
1997-10-23
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-10-23
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-10-23
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ELLISON, Dorothy appointed
director
1997-10-23
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ELLISON, James Rigby appointed
director
1997-10-23
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ELLISON, Lyndsey Catherine appointed
director

Owner dependency

91/100

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 73 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stanley Hughes Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	30/06/2016
Mrs Elizabeth Hughes Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	30/06/2016

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

Incorporated1997-10-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC86210 — General medical practice activities

Registered office

West View

Monreith

Newton Stewart

Wigtownshire

DG8 9JL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-10

Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

HUGHES, Stanley→

secretary · appointed 2008-05-27

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Active

HUGHES, Elizabeth→

director · ~73y · appointed 2008-05-27

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Active

HUGHES, Stanley→

director · ~70y · appointed 2002-09-05

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Active

ELLISON, James Rigby→

secretary · appointed 1997-10-23 · resigned 2008-05-27

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-10-23 · resigned 1997-10-23

Resigned

ELLISON, Dorothy→

director · ~91y · appointed 1997-10-23 · resigned 2008-05-27

Resigned

ELLISON, James Rigby→

director · ~93y · appointed 1997-10-23 · resigned 2008-05-27

Resigned

ELLISON, Lyndsey Catherine→

director · ~50y · appointed 1997-10-23 · resigned 2008-05-27

Resigned

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