TINNING PHARMACY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC301416 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-27
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 16.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£201.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 16.8y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £201,611
Cash YoY
+9%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£184k
↑ 9.1% YoY
Net Worth
£202k
↑ 3.9% YoY
Current Assets
£276k
↑ 1.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£55k£111k£166k£221k£276kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£206.4k£199.5k
Current assets£276.3k£273.5k
Cash£183.9k£168.5k
Debtors£63.3k£75.9k
Net assets£201.6k£194.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-11
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    second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP04AP01
  6. 2022-02-10
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    TINNING, Mari Luz resigned
    secretary
  7. 2022-02-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-02-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-02-10
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2021-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-07-01
    ➕
    MURPHY, Elaine appointed
    director
  12. 2021-07-01
    ➕
    WINTER, Gillian appointed
    director
  13. 2021-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-06-15
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    capital · SH01
  18. 2016-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2009-08-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  20. 2006-04-27
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    Company incorporated
    As TINNING PHARMACY LIMITED
  21. 2006-04-27
    ➕
    TINNING, Alexander Davidson appointed
    director
  22. 2006-04-27
    ➕
    TINNING, Mari Luz appointed
    secretary
  23. 2006-04-27
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2006-04-27
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2006-04-27
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2006-04-27
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "TINNING" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Alexander Tinning
Individual · British · DOB 06/1950 · age 76
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-04-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

44 South Methven Street
Perth
PH1 5NU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-15
Last: 2025-06-01

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MURPHY, Elaine→
director · ~46y · appointed 2021-07-01
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Active
TINNING, Alexander Davidson→
director · ~76y · appointed 2006-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WINTER, Gillian→
director · ~44y · appointed 2021-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TINNING, Mari Luz→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-27 · resigned 2022-02-10
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-04-27 · resigned 2006-04-27
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-04-27 · resigned 2006-04-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property29/08/2009—
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Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2022-02-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-10
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-07