MORRIS YOUNG (PERTH) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC038564 · ltd · incorporated 1963-03-19
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 52.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52103
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). 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 52.3y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 52.3 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
106 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees00

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-16
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    address · AD01
  3. 2025-07-16
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    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2025-07-16
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    Charge satisfied #1
  5. 2025-07-15
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    mortgage · MR05
  6. 2025-07-15
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    mortgage · MR05
  7. 2025-01-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2025-01-21
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2025-01-15
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    officers · CH01
  10. 2025-01-15
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2025-01-15
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  12. 2025-01-15
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2025-01-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2024-06-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2024-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2022-09-23
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-04-26
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-11-01
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    accounts · AA
  20. 2008-12-16
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    YOUNG, Janet Mcwilliam resigned
    secretary
  21. 2008-12-16
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    YOUNG, Janet Mcwilliam resigned
    director
  22. 2000-08-04
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    YOUNG, Morris resigned
    director
  23. 1991-10-09
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    YOUNG, Morris John appointed
    director
  24. 1973-12-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  25. 1963-03-19
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    Company incorporated
    As MORRIS YOUNG (PERTH) LIMITED

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "YOUNG" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 63 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 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David John Young
Individual · British · DOB 01/1946 · age 80
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Morris John Young
Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60
——board controlboard control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Colin Morris Youngceased 14/12/2023· 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
Incorporated1963-03-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC52103 — SIC 52103

Registered office

5 Whitefriars Crescent
Perth
PH2 0PA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last: 2025-12-14

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

YOUNG, Colin Morris→
director · ~77y
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Active
YOUNG, David John→
director · ~80y
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Active
YOUNG, Morris John→
director · ~60y · appointed 1991-10-09
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Active
YOUNG, Janet Mcwilliam→
secretary · resigned 2008-12-16
Resigned
YOUNG, Janet Mcwilliam→
director · ~111y · resigned 2008-12-16
Resigned
YOUNG, Morris→
director · ~109y · resigned 2000-08-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Bond of cash credit and floating charge1 property18/12/197316/07/2025

Recent filings (106 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-16
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-07-16
mortgage-charge-whole-cease-and-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2025-07-15
mortgage-charge-whole-cease-and-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2025-07-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-27