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 21.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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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 21.5y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.5 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
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees636300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-05-12
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2026-05-12
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    Charge satisfied #1
  4. 2025-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-13
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-09
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  8. 2021-12-28
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  9. 2021-01-29
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  10. 2019-10-17
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  11. 2018-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-06-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  14. 2016-10-25
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-12
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-12-15
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2008-08-13
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    FOTHERINGHAM, Colin Hall appointed
    director
  18. 2008-07-09
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    FOTHERINGHAM, Janet appointed
    director
  19. 2008-05-21
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2005-01-10
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2004-11-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2004-06-25
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    Company incorporated
    As CAROLTON CARE LTD.
  23. 2004-06-25
    ➕
    CLARK, Michelle Louise appointed
    secretary
  24. 2004-06-25
    ➕
    REVELL, Caroline Elizabeth appointed
    director
  25. 2004-06-25
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-06-25
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2004-06-25
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2004-06-25
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Lister Square (No 207) Limited
Corporate entity
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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOTHERINGHAM, Colin Hall→
director · ~81y · appointed 2008-08-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOTHERINGHAM, Janet→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-07-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REVELL, Caroline Elizabeth→
director · ~70y · appointed 2004-06-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property21/05/2008—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property10/01/2005—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property24/11/200412/05/2026
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Recent filings (66 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-26
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-06