HEATHER MORTON LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC460467 · ltd · incorporated 2013-10-01

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

£15.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Pre-primary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -68% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

28 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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 · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £15,617

Net assets shrinking

Down £31,890 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 68% YoY

Cash YoY

-68%

Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£16k

↓ 68% YoY

Net Worth

£16k

↓ 67% YoY

Current Assets

£16k

↓ 68% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£15.6k	£47.5k	£53.4k
Current assets	£16.4k	£52.0k	£60.2k
Cash	£16.4k	£52.0k	£57.0k
Debtors	—	—	£3.2k
Net assets	£15.6k	£47.5k	£53.4k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-02-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-07-26
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accounts · AA
2017-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-07-25
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accounts · AA
2016-02-11
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officers · TM01
2016-02-01
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MORTON, Diane resigned
director
2015-12-02
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officers · AP01
2015-12-01
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MORTON, Diane appointed
director
2015-10-05
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annual-return · AR01
2013-10-01
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Company incorporated
As HEATHER MORTON LTD
2013-10-01
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MORTON, Heather Sturton appointed
director

Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MORTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Heather Sturton Morton Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2013-10-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

Belleview Airntully

Stanley

Perth

PH1 4PH

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-15

Last: 2025-10-01

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MORTON, Heather Sturton→

director · ~66y · appointed 2013-10-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MORTON, Diane→

director · ~42y · appointed 2015-12-01 · resigned 2016-02-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (28 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-04-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-03-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-22

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-10-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-07-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2023-06-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2022-06-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-10-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-02-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-10-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-07-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-10-21