CAROLTON CARE LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC269889 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-25

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 21.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.4y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 21.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

64 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	63	6300

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

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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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-10-07
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2024-12-17
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2023-10-13
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accounts · AA
2022-12-09
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accounts · AA
2021-12-28
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accounts · AA
2021-01-29
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accounts · AA
2019-10-17
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accounts · AA
2018-12-04
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accounts · AA
2017-12-01
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accounts · AA
2017-06-27
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2016-10-25
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accounts · AA
2016-07-12
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2015-12-15
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accounts · AA
2015-08-17
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annual-return · AR01
2014-11-03
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accounts · AA
2008-08-13
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FOTHERINGHAM, Colin Hall appointed
director
2008-07-09
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FOTHERINGHAM, Janet appointed
director
2008-05-21
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2005-01-10
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2004-11-24
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2004-06-25
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Company incorporated
As CAROLTON CARE LTD.
2004-06-25
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CLARK, Michelle Louise appointed
secretary
2004-06-25
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CLARK, Caroline Elizabeth appointed
director
2004-06-25
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-06-25
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2004-06-25
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-06-25
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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.)

Group structure

Lister Square (No 207) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Lister Square (No 207) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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CAROLTON CARE LTD.

This company · SC269889

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Lister Square (No 207) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2004-06-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC87300 — Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

53 Seabank Road

Nairn

Inverness-Shire

IV12 4EY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-19

Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

CLARK, Michelle Louise→

secretary · appointed 2004-06-25

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Active

CLARK, Caroline Elizabeth→

director · ~70y · appointed 2004-06-25

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Active

FOTHERINGHAM, Colin Hall→

director · ~81y · appointed 2008-08-13

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Active

FOTHERINGHAM, Janet→

director · ~72y · appointed 2008-07-09

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-06-25 · resigned 2004-06-25

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-06-25 · resigned 2004-06-25

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	21/05/2008	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	10/01/2005	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	24/11/2004	—

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