FRAMEWORK CLINICS LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC350211 · ltd · incorporated 2008-10-21

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

£1.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Specialist medical practice activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

38 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,801

Cash YoY

+3%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£38k

↑ 3.0% YoY

Net Worth

£2k

↑ 10% YoY

Current Assets

£47k

↑ 7.2% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£2.2k	£2.1k
Current assets	£47.0k	£43.8k
Cash	£37.7k	£36.6k
Debtors	£9.2k	£7.2k
Net assets	£1.8k	£1.6k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-10-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-02-21
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accounts · AA
2024-06-10
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accounts · AA
2023-06-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
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accounts · AA
2021-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-25
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accounts · AA
2019-02-26
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accounts · AA
2018-04-10
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accounts · AA
2017-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-07-27
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2015-11-02
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annual-return · AR01
2015-07-27
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accounts · AA
2014-11-06
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annual-return · AR01
2014-07-10
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accounts · AA
2008-10-21
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Company incorporated
As FRAMEWORK CLINICS LTD
2008-10-21
➕
PATTERSON, Andrew David appointed
secretary
2008-10-21
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FRASER, Morag Catherine appointed
director
2008-10-21
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PATTERSON, Andrew David appointed
director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew David Patterson Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	22/10/2025
Miss Morag Catherine Fraser Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	21/10/2016

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

Incorporated2008-10-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC86220 — Specialist medical practice activities

Registered office

109 Henderson Street

Bridge Of Allan

Stirling

Stirlingshire

FK9 4HH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-04

Last: 2025-10-21

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

PATTERSON, Andrew David→

secretary · appointed 2008-10-21

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FRASER, Morag Catherine→

director · ~63y · appointed 2008-10-21

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PATTERSON, Andrew David→

director · ~60y · appointed 2008-10-21

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Recent filings (38 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-22

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2025-10-22