HOSPICE IN MORAY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC220153 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2001-06-13

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

£309.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other human health activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

26 officers (6 active, 26 linked, 23 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

107 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £309,758

Cash YoY

+7%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£310k

↑ 6.7% YoY

Net Worth

£310k

↑ 6.8% YoY

Current Assets

£311k

↑ 6.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£309.8k	£290.0k
Current assets	£310.5k	£290.7k
Cash	£310.2k	£290.7k
Net assets	£309.8k	£290.0k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (64 events)Click to expand

2025-09-02
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WILLIAMS, Kirsty appointed
director
2025-09-02
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officers · AP01
2025-04-25
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accounts · AA
2024-05-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
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address · AD01
2022-06-15
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officers · TM01
2022-06-15
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officers · TM01
2022-06-15
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officers · TM01
2022-04-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-07-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-07-05
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accounts · AA
2021-06-23
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MORRISON, Jennie resigned
director
2021-06-01
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MORRISON, Fiona resigned
director
2021-01-12
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accounts · AA
2020-12-01
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BURDEKIN, Carol resigned
director
2020-04-01
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LUKKARINEN, Irene Sivell resigned
director
2020-03-02
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officers · AP01
2019-12-09
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KENNEDY, Alastair George appointed
director
2019-12-09
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THIRD, John Crawford Watt appointed
director
2019-05-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-07-06
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officers · AP01
2018-05-23
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accounts · AA
2018-04-24
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JONES, Gordon Lea resigned
director
2017-10-03
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LUKKARINEN, Irene Sivell appointed
director
2017-06-27
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BURDEKIN, Carol appointed
director
2015-04-28
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MCDONALD, Susan Anne resigned
director
2014-04-29
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DUNCAN, Ethel Joan appointed
director
2013-03-26
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MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2009-03-24
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HUBBARD, Karen Joyce resigned
director
2009-03-24
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MCLEOD, Susan Paula resigned
director
2006-06-12
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MORTON FRASER resigned
corporate-secretary
2006-06-12
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MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-05-02
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LESLIE, Ian resigned
director
2005-02-22
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HUBBARD, Karen Joyce appointed
director
2005-02-22
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MCLEOD, Susan Paula appointed
director
2004-10-05
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METZLER, Anne resigned
director
2004-07-13
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MCDONALD, Susan Anne appointed
director
2004-07-13
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MORRISON, Fiona appointed
director
2004-07-06
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JONES, Gordon Lea appointed
director
2004-04-24
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FOSTER, Patricia resigned
director
2004-04-06
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MACMILLAN, Charles Douglas, Rev resigned
director
2003-12-01
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MITCHELL, Elizabeth Mary resigned
director
2003-08-25
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GREENWOOD, Malcolm resigned
director
2002-09-23
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MILNE, Karen resigned
director
2002-06-05
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GRANT, George resigned
director
2002-06-05
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GRANT, Maureen resigned
director
2001-06-14
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MURRAY, John appointed
director
2001-06-14
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FOSTER, Patricia appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2001-06-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

4 North Guildry Street

Elgin

IV30 1JR

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-27

Last: 2025-06-13