SOCIAL CARE ALBA LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC377011 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-16
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 12.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£914.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other residential care activities n.e.c.
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 56). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 12.6y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 12.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £914,347
Net assets shrinking
Down £17,187 YoY
Cash YoY
+5003%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£15k
↑ 5003% YoY
Net Worth
£914k
↓ 1.8% YoY
Current Assets
£1.8m
↓ 3.0% 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 | £922.7k | £989.9k |
| Current assets | £1.83M | £1.88M |
| Cash | £15.1k | £295 |
| Debtors | £1.81M | £1.88M |
| Net assets | £914.3k | £931.5k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-04-27📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-04-27📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-03-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-03-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-03-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-03-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-05-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-06-07🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2018-04-23🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2018-04-06🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2013-11-11🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2013-10-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2010-04-16🏢Company incorporatedAs SOCIAL CARE ALBA LTD
- 2010-04-16➕WILSON, Natalia appointeddirector
- 2010-04-16➕WILSON, Stephen Alexander appointeddirector
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 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 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Senes Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Senes Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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SOCIAL CARE ALBA LTD
This company · SC377011
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Senes Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 30/04/2021 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Natalia Wilsonceased 30/04/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Stephen Alexander Wilsonceased 30/04/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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
Incorporated2010-04-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC87900 — Other residential care activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Flat 13, 12 Simpson Loan
Edinburgh
Lothian
EH3 9GP
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-12
Last: 2026-04-28
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
WILSON, Natalia→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2010-04-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WILSON, Stephen Alexander→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2010-04-16
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 07/06/2018 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 11/11/2013 | 06/04/2018 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 24/10/2013 | 23/04/2018 |
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Recent filings (52 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-04-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-04-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-19