CLINTON HOUSE STRATHCLYDE (CARE HOMES) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC148618 · ltd · incorporated 1994-01-25
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 32.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£492.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 32.0y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 32.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
93 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £492,813
Net assets shrinking
Down £15,692 YoY
Cash YoY
-1%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£174k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£493k
↓ 3.1% YoY
Current Assets
£278k
↓ 3.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £507.1k | £519.9k |
| Current assets | £277.9k | £286.4k |
| Cash | £174.3k | £175.2k |
| Debtors | £103.6k | £111.2k |
| Net assets | £492.8k | £508.5k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-01-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-01-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-10-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-10-01➕MCMAHON, Moira Jan appointeddirector
- 2023-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-30📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-01-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2015-09-25🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2015-09-25🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2011-06-06➖CLINTON, David resigneddirector
- 1999-10-12➖WELSH, William resigneddirector
- 1998-10-01➕CLINTON, David appointeddirector
- 1994-05-02🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1994-04-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1994-01-25🏢Company incorporatedAs CLINTON HOUSE STRATHCLYDE (CARE HOMES) LIMITED
- 1994-01-25➕WELSH, Janet appointedsecretary
- 1994-01-25➕WELSH, Janet appointeddirector
- 1994-01-25➕WELSH, William appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Janet Welsh Individual · British · DOB 06/1950 · age 76 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Moira Jan Mcmahon Individual · British · DOB 07/1985 · age 41 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 13/10/2023 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1994-01-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC87300 — Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
Registered office
1 Ayr Road
Shawsburn
Larkhall
South Lanarkshire
ML9 3AD
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last: 2026-01-17
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
MCMAHON, Moira Jan→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2023-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WELSH, Janet→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 1994-01-25
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CLINTON, David→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 1998-10-01 · resigned 2011-06-06
WELSH, William→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · appointed 1994-01-25 · resigned 1999-10-12
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 02/05/1994 | 25/09/2015 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 26/04/1994 | 25/09/2015 |
Recent filings (93 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-01-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-11