TILLY MASTERSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC279975 · ltd · incorporated 2005-02-15
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
53 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-10-31
    ➖
    VASEY, Gilbert Thomas, Dr resigned
    director
  4. 2024-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-01
    ➖
    CCW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  6. 2024-03-01
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2023-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-17
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  9. 2022-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-03-01
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2005-02-15
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    Company incorporated
    As TILLY MASTERSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  19. 2005-02-15
    ➕
    CLARKE, David Brownlow Marshal appointed
    director
  20. 2005-02-15
    ➕
    CLARKE, John Bernard appointed
    director
  21. 2005-02-15
    ➕
    CCW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2005-02-15
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-02-15
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-02-15
    ➕
    VASEY, Gilbert Thomas, Dr appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Bernard Clarke
Individual · British · DOB 04/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr David Brownlow Marshal Clarke
Individual · British · DOB 06/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-02-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

C/O Wright Johnston & Mackenzie Llp
The Capital Building
12-13 St Andrew Square
Edinburgh
EH2 2AF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-01
Last: 2026-02-15

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

CLARKE, David Brownlow Marshal→
director · ~73y · appointed 2005-02-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARKE, John Bernard→
director · ~71y · appointed 2005-02-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CCW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-02-15 · resigned 2024-03-01
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-02-15 · resigned 2005-02-15
Resigned
VASEY, Gilbert Thomas, Dr→
director · ~62y · appointed 2005-02-15 · resigned 2025-10-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-29
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-17
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2023-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-16