MANORCOVE LIMITED

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SC293542 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-23
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.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£10.14M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03110
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £10,140,580
Cash YoY
+70%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£908k
↑ 70% YoY
Net Worth
£10m
↑ 10% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2.0m£4.1m£6.1m£8.1m£10mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Cash£907.7k£535.3k
Net assets£10.14M£9.19M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-07-08
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    address · AD04
  3. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-25
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-05
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    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-12-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2021-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-30
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  12. 2018-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  13. 2017-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-04-01
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    DAVIDSON, Susan Louise Ritchie appointed
    director
  17. 2005-12-08
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  18. 2005-12-08
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  19. 2005-11-23
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    Company incorporated
    As MANORCOVE LIMITED
  20. 2005-11-23
    ➕
    WEST, Mary appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-11-23
    ➕
    WEST, David appointed
    director
  22. 2005-11-23
    ➕
    WEST, Mary appointed
    director
  23. 2005-11-23
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-11-23
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
David West
Individual · British · DOB 05/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mary West
Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-11-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

Braemhor
Macduff Road
Gardenstown
Banff
AB45 3YJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-07
Last: 2025-11-23

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

WEST, Mary→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-23
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Active
DAVIDSON, Susan Louise Ritchie→
director · ~49y · appointed 2014-04-01
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Active
WEST, David→
director · ~74y · appointed 2005-11-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WEST, Mary→
director · ~72y · appointed 2005-11-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-11-23 · resigned 2005-12-08
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-11-23 · resigned 2005-12-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-28