SAFE-CARE ECO HOLDINGS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC493526 · ltd · incorporated 2014-12-16
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 10.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£936.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.1 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
33 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 £936,758

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£937k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£265k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£187k£375k£562k£749k£937kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£936.8k£936.8k
Current assets£265.0k£265.0k
Net assets£936.8k£936.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-11-12
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  3. 2023-11-30
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  4. 2023-03-21
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  5. 2023-03-01
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    ELLIOTT, Simon James resigned
    director
  6. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-09
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  8. 2022-03-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2022-03-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2021-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-09-03
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2021-09-03
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    Charge satisfied #1
  13. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-09-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2019-09-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2019-09-02
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    D'ARCY, Lee resigned
    director
  18. 2018-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-05-17
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    officers · AP01
  20. 2018-05-04
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    ELLIOTT, Simon James appointed
    director
  21. 2016-04-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  22. 2014-12-16
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    Company incorporated
    As SAFE-CARE ECO HOLDINGS LTD
  23. 2014-12-16
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    D'ARCY, Gary appointed
    director
  24. 2014-12-16
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    D'ARCY, Rebecca appointed
    director
  25. 2014-12-16
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    D'ARCY, Sandra Janice appointed
    director
  26. 2014-12-16
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    D'ARCY, Lee 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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Mr Gary D'Arcy
Individual · British · DOB 06/1946 · age 80
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Sandra Janice D'Arcyceased 21/02/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Miss Rebecca D'Arcyceased 21/02/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr Lee D'Arcyceased 02/09/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2014-12-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

28-30 North Street
Dalry
Ayrshire
KA24 5DW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-24
Last: 2025-11-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

D'ARCY, Gary→
director · ~80y · appointed 2014-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
D'ARCY, Rebecca→
director · ~53y · appointed 2014-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
D'ARCY, Sandra Janice→
director · ~81y · appointed 2014-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
D'ARCY, Lee→
director · ~56y · appointed 2014-12-16 · resigned 2019-09-02
Resigned
ELLIOTT, Simon James→
director · ~60y · appointed 2018-05-04 · resigned 2023-03-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
A registered charge—25/04/201603/09/2021

Recent filings (33 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-03-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-09-03