FORTE HEALTHCARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC232120 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-28
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.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "well run hard buy" recently.
  • · Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy
  • · Hygiene score: 70 → 90
  • · Opportunity score: 73 → 81
  • · Bankability: 65 → 75
Opportunity decay
hardening · 6-months
Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.
  • · 3 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.

  • ·Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy
  • ↑Opportunity score: 73 → 81
  • ↑Hygiene score: 70 → 90
  • ↑Bankability: 65 → 75
  • ·Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46760
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
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  2. 2024-04-09
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  3. 2023-05-11
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  4. 2023-01-03
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    officers · TM01
  5. 2022-10-03
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    YOUNG, Alison resigned
    director
  6. 2022-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-11
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    BOYLAN, Ciara appointed
    director
  8. 2022-03-11
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2021-07-29
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  10. 2020-07-21
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  11. 2019-05-20
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  12. 2018-08-08
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  13. 2017-05-25
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  14. 2016-07-25
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  15. 2016-06-24
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  16. 2015-05-28
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  17. 2015-04-30
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  18. 2002-05-29
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    YOUNG, Richard appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-05-29
    ➕
    YOUNG, Richard appointed
    director
  20. 2002-05-29
    ➖
    POREMA LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2002-05-29
    ➖
    KAVANAGH, Sean resigned
    director
  22. 2002-05-29
    ➕
    YOUNG, Alison appointed
    director
  23. 2002-05-28
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    Company incorporated
    As FORTE HEALTHCARE LIMITED
  24. 2002-05-28
    ➕
    POREMA LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2002-05-28
    ➕
    KAVANAGH, Sean appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 24 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 Richard Young
Individual · Irish · DOB 08/1963 · age 63
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-05-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46760 — SIC 46760

Registered office

13 Ayr Road
Prestwick
KA9 1SX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-10
Last: 2026-03-27

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

YOUNG, Richard→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-29
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Active
BOYLAN, Ciara→
director · ~50y · appointed 2022-03-11
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Active
YOUNG, Richard→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-05-29
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Active
POREMA LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-05-28 · resigned 2002-05-29
Resigned
KAVANAGH, Sean→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-05-28 · resigned 2002-05-29
Resigned
YOUNG, Alison→
director · ~92y · appointed 2002-05-29 · resigned 2022-10-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-10