SENWICK HOUSE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC464088 · ltd · incorporated 2013-11-20
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 11.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.9y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £100

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£100
~ YoY
Current Assets
£100
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£20£40£60£80£100Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£100£100
Current assets£100£100
Net assets£100£100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-15
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2022-02-08
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2021-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-06
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  10. 2021-04-06
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  11. 2020-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-09-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2019-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2014-06-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2014-03-01
    ➖
    AUSTIN, Christopher John resigned
    director
  19. 2014-03-01
    ➖
    KING, Amanda Claire resigned
    director
  20. 2013-11-20
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    Company incorporated
    As SENWICK HOUSE LIMITED
  21. 2013-11-20
    ➕
    AUSTIN, Geraldine Lesley appointed
    director
  22. 2013-11-20
    ➕
    AUSTIN BAIRD, Tanya Jane appointed
    director
  23. 2013-11-20
    ➕
    AUSTIN, Christopher John appointed
    director
  24. 2013-11-20
    ➕
    KING, Amanda Claire appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Geraldine Lesley Austin
Individual · British · DOB 09/1945 · age 81
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-11-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC87300 — Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

17b King Street
Castle Douglas
DG7 1AA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-04
Last: 2025-11-20

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

AUSTIN, Geraldine Lesley→
director · ~81y · appointed 2013-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AUSTIN BAIRD, Tanya Jane→
director · ~60y · appointed 2013-11-20
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Active
AUSTIN, Christopher John→
director · ~56y · appointed 2013-11-20 · resigned 2014-03-01
Resigned
KING, Amanda Claire→
director · ~59y · appointed 2013-11-20 · resigned 2014-03-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—03/06/2014—
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Recent filings (38 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-22
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-14
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-25
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-05