MORTON HILL LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC357800 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-06
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£208.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £208,409
Cash YoY
-23%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£79k
↓ 23% YoY
Net Worth
£208k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Assets
£298k
↑ 8.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £212.5k | £188.4k |
| Current assets | £298.3k | £274.6k |
| Cash | £79.5k | £103.2k |
| Debtors | £218.8k | £171.4k |
| Net assets | £208.4k | £165.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2019-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-01-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-01-12➕ORSI, Vittorio Constantino appointeddirector
- 2019-01-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2018-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2017-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-12📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2009-04-06🏢Company incorporatedAs MORTON HILL LTD
- 2009-04-06➕MCKNIGHT, Graham Ellis appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
The Mcknight Financial Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
The Mcknight Financial Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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MORTON HILL LTD
This company · SC357800
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The Mcknight Financial Group Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 30/11/2018 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Graham Ellis Mcknightceased 30/11/2018· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-04-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC66290 — Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
Registered office
5th Floor, Moncrieff House
69 West Nile Street
Glasgow
G1 2QB
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-25
Last: 2026-01-11
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
MCKNIGHT, Graham Ellis→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2009-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ORSI, Vittorio Constantino→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2019-01-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (47 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-02-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-11