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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 21.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒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. 2 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 21.7y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 21.7 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

66 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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

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.

🔒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

• 1 officers
• 1 mortgage

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 mortgage
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-05-26
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officers · CH01
2026-05-12
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mortgage · MR04
2026-05-12
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Charge satisfied #1
2025-10-07
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accounts · AA
2024-12-17
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accounts · AA
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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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2016-10-25
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accounts · AA
2016-07-12
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-15
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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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REVELL, 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
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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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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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WYVIS COSMETIC DENTAL LABORATORY LIMITED→ SC071048 · est 1980	—	—	£5.8k	—	46y	82	66y
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HOSPICE IN MORAY LIMITED→ SC220153 · est 2001	—	—	£335.8k	—	25y	81	76y
KYLEAKIN CONNECTIONS LIMITED→ SC118101 · est 1989 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	37y	81	81y
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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

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

REVELL, Caroline Elizabeth→

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

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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	—
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	24/11/2004	12/05/2026

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Recent filings (66 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-05-26

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mortgage · MR04

2026-05-12