ELM MEDICAL LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC366953 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-16
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
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 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees200200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  2. 2025-10-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-23
    ➖
    COLLINGBOURNE, Mark resigned
    secretary
  5. 2024-09-23
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2024-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-11-03
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  9. 2022-11-01
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  10. 2022-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-08-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-08-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2017-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2014-01-01
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    LENNON, Martin Anthony appointed
    director
  19. 2013-09-01
    ➖
    LENNON, Elizabeth Anne resigned
    director
  20. 2009-10-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ELM MEDICAL LTD
  21. 2009-10-16
    ➕
    COLLINGBOURNE, Mark Kingsley appointed
    director
  22. 2009-10-16
    ➕
    COLLINGBOURNE, Mark appointed
    secretary
  23. 2009-10-16
    ➕
    LENNON, Elizabeth Anne 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Gothic Medical Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Gothic Medical Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ELM MEDICAL LTD
This company · SC366953

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
Gothic Medical Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control25/09/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Martin Anthony Lennonceased 25/09/2025· 75-100% shares
  • Mrs Elizabeth Anne Lennonceased 01/06/2016· 75-100% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-10-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

6 St. Colme Street
Edinburgh
EH3 6AD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-19
Last: 2025-08-05

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

COLLINGBOURNE, Mark Kingsley→
director · ~61y · appointed 2009-10-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LENNON, Martin Anthony→
director · ~61y · appointed 2014-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLLINGBOURNE, Mark→
secretary · appointed 2009-10-16 · resigned 2024-09-23
Resigned
LENNON, Elizabeth Anne→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-10-16 · resigned 2013-09-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-10-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-23
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-26
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-02
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-30