COUNSELLINGLINE.COM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC215020 · ltd · incorporated 2001-01-23
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 Jan 2026
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
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 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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, 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2025Jan 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-01-312025-01-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  4. 2023-03-01
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  5. 2022-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-03-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-02-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-02-23
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-02-22
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2002-11-11
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    PORTER, Amanda Jane appointed
    secretary
  17. 2002-11-11
    ➕
    PORTER, Amanda Jane appointed
    director
  18. 2002-11-11
    ➕
    PORTER, David Alan Edward appointed
    director
  19. 2002-11-11
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    BURNESS SOLICITORS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2002-11-11
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    BURNESS (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2001-01-23
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    Company incorporated
    As COUNSELLINGLINE.COM LIMITED
  22. 2001-01-23
    ➕
    BURNESS SOLICITORS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-01-23
    ➕
    BURNESS (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — 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 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Alan Edward Porter
Individual · English · DOB 07/1966 · age 60
——sig. influencesignificant influence31/01/2017

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
Incorporated2001-01-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

37 Howdenhall Loan
Edinburgh
Lothian
EH16 6UY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-12
Last: 2026-01-29

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PORTER, Amanda Jane→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-11
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Active
PORTER, Amanda Jane→
director · ~56y · appointed 2002-11-11
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Active
PORTER, David Alan Edward→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-11-11
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Active
BURNESS SOLICITORS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-01-23 · resigned 2002-11-11
Resigned
BURNESS (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-01-23 · resigned 2002-11-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-03-05