MORNINGSIDE MANOR LIMITED

📈Growthactive
SC485770 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-02
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£3.41M
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residential nursing care activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (88/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.4y

80/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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
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
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
66
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £1,486,812
Turnover YoY
+10%
Year on year

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Turnover£3.41M£3.10M
Gross profit£2.00M£1.78M
Operating profit£1.49M£1.17M
Profit before tax£1.49M£1.17M
Average employees54005300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
8
filings
  • 7 officers
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-12-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-12-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-12-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-12-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-12-08
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  7. 2025-12-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2025-11-28
    TARGET FUND MANAGERS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  9. 2025-11-28
    BROWN, Andrew Stewart appointed
    director
  10. 2025-11-28
    FLANNELLY, John Marcus appointed
    director
  11. 2025-11-28
    MACKENZIE, James Kenneth appointed
    director
  12. 2025-11-28
    MACKENZIE, Kenneth Macangus appointed
    director
  13. 2025-11-28
    BLACK, Sean resigned
    director
  14. 2025-11-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2025-11-12
    BLACK, Susan resigned
    director
  16. 2025-08-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  17. 2025-07-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2025-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
    accounts · AA
  19. 2025-03-26
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  20. 2025-02-26
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  21. 2024-05-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
    accounts · AA
  22. 2023-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2022-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2021-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  25. 2020-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  26. 2020-01-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  27. 2016-03-17
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  28. 2016-03-11
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  29. 2016-01-21
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  30. 2014-12-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  31. 2014-09-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MORNINGSIDE MANOR LIMITED
  32. 2014-09-02
    BLACK, Sean appointed
    director
  33. 2014-09-02
    BLACK, Susan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MACKENZIE, James Kenneth (same surname) appointed 2025-11-28. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

2 med · 1 low
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: BLACK, Sean resigned 2025-11-28; BLACK, Susan resigned 2025-11-12

Name changed 2 times
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-03-26: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2025-02-26: certificate-change-of-name-company

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Group structure

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

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Lindemann Properties Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
MORNINGSIDE MANOR LIMITED
This company · SC485770

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
Lindemann Properties Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Ronald Rutherford Blackceased 22/03/2019· significant influence
  • Mr Ronald Rutherford Blackceased 06/04/2016· significant influence
  • Mr Jody Blackceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Sean Blackceased 06/04/2016· 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-09-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC87100 — Residential nursing care activities

Registered office

First Floor Glendevon House
Castle Business Park
Stirling
FK9 4TZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-21
Last: 2025-09-07

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

TARGET FUND MANAGERS LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2025-11-28
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Active
BROWN, Andrew Stewart
director · ~61y · appointed 2025-11-28
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Active
FLANNELLY, John Marcus
director · ~51y · appointed 2025-11-28
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Active
MACKENZIE, James Kenneth
director · ~48y · appointed 2025-11-28
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Active
MACKENZIE, Kenneth Macangus
director · ~76y · appointed 2025-11-28
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Active
BLACK, Sean
director · ~44y · appointed 2014-09-02 · resigned 2025-11-28
Resigned
BLACK, Susan
director · ~68y · appointed 2014-09-02 · resigned 2025-11-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property17/03/2016
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge11/03/2016
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge05/12/201421/01/2016
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Recent filings (45 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-08
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2025-12-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-08-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-04-24
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-03-26
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-23