MVR (TURRIFF) LTD.
🌳Matureactive
SC251241 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-17
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 22.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 22.7y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 22.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
74 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
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| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-18📍move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD04
- 2025-03-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-02-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-06-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-06-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-06-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-24📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-06-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-02-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2003-08-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
- 2003-06-17🏢Company incorporatedAs MVR (TURRIFF) LTD.
- 2003-06-17➕MORRISON, Edwin John appointedsecretary
- 2003-06-17➕MORRISON, Brian Charles appointeddirector
- 2003-06-17➕MORRISON, Edwin John appointeddirector
- 2003-06-17➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-06-17➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-06-17➕STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2003-06-17➖STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
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 71 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Brian Charles Morrison Individual · British · DOB 05/1955 · age 71 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Edwin John Morrison Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
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
Incorporated2003-06-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
C/O Johnston Carmichael Axis Business Centre
Thainstone Business Centre
Inverurie
AB51 5TB
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-25
Last: 2025-06-11
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
MORRISON, Edwin John→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-06-17
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MORRISON, Brian Charles→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2003-06-17
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MORRISON, Edwin John→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2003-06-17
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BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-17 · resigned 2003-06-17
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-06-17 · resigned 2003-06-17
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Floating charge | 1 property | 05/08/2003 | — |
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Recent filings (74 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-18
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2025-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-22