THE HAVEN KILMACOLM

🌳Matureactive

SC252971 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2003-07-18

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£639.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.5y

30/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Newest facility, 0.5 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

25 officers (8 active, 25 linked, 20 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 9 total, 9 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

111 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £638,959

Cash YoY

+9%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£231k

↑ 8.8% YoY

Net Worth

£639k

↑ 37% YoY

Current Assets

£491k

↑ 12% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£639.0k	£465.8k
Current assets	£490.5k	£436.4k
Cash	£230.8k	£212.1k
Debtors	£259.8k	£224.3k
Net assets	£639.0k	£465.8k

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

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (66 events)Click to expand

2026-03-02
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officers · AP01
2026-02-20
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MELVIN, David Stephen appointed
director
2026-02-12
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accounts · AA
2026-02-03
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officers · AP01
2025-12-11
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HARPER, David Trainor appointed
director
2025-12-11
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BLACK, David Millar resigned
director
2025-12-11
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officers · TM01
2025-10-15
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mortgage · MR01
2025-10-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Stewardship Services (Uket) Limited
2025-01-24
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-01-24
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-12-30
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accounts · AA
2024-07-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2024-07-17
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2024-07-16
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2024-07-16
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officers · TM01
2024-05-26
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CLARK, Patrick resigned
director
2023-12-20
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accounts · AA
2023-11-19
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officers · AP01
2023-11-19
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officers · TM01
2023-08-24
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BOYLE, Steven resigned
director
2023-08-24
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CLARK, Patrick appointed
director
2023-08-14
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MAASZ, Charles resigned
director
2023-08-14
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officers · TM01
2023-01-19
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DICK, Peter Robert, Rev appointed
director
2022-12-13
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GREENHALGH, Christopher resigned
director
2021-04-29
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LEES, Mary Orr Irvine appointed
director
2021-01-14
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LUNN, Andrew appointed
director
2021-01-14
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MCADDOCK, Julie appointed
director
2020-09-23
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STARKS, Darnell resigned
director
2019-06-10
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MAASZ, Jon Charles appointed
director
2019-06-10
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MAASZ, Charles appointed
director
2019-06-10
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STARKS, Darnell appointed
director
2013-07-30
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DICKINSON, Leslie Reginald resigned
director
2013-07-19
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BOYLE, Steven appointed
director
2012-09-11
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DICKINSON, Leslie Reginald appointed
director
2012-07-17
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LISTER, Gary Alexander resigned
director
2012-03-23
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CLANCY, Pamela Jill, Reverend resigned
director
2011-12-01
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GREENHALGH, Christopher appointed
director
2009-11-17
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LISTER, Gary Alexander appointed
director
2009-01-07
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YOUNG, Neil James resigned
secretary
2009-01-07
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YOUNG, Neil James resigned
director
2006-09-01
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BLOOMFIELD, Frances Jean, Reverend resigned
secretary
2006-09-01
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YOUNG, Neil James appointed
secretary

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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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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-limited-exemption

Incorporated2003-07-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC87200 — Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse

Registered office

The Haven

Horsecraigs

Kilmacolm

Renfrewshire

PA13 4TH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-26

Last: 2025-07-12