CALUM MORRISON CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC322558 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-30

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

£12.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

45 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £12,048

Net assets shrinking

Down £83,861 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£12k

↓ 87% YoY

Current Assets

£163k

↓ 35% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£12.0k	£95.9k
Current assets	£163.1k	£251.4k
Net assets	£12.0k	£95.9k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-15
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accounts · AA
2024-11-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-01-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-04-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-04-30
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-05-05
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officers · AP01
2017-05-05
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officers · TM01
2016-08-10
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accounts · AA
2016-05-06
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annual-return · AR01
2016-03-01
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MORRISON, Margaret Ann appointed
director
2016-03-01
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MORRISON, Margaret Ann appointed
director
2016-03-01
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MORRISON, Margaret Ann resigned
director
2016-03-01
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officers · AP01
2007-04-30
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Company incorporated
As CALUM MORRISON CONSULTANCY LIMITED
2007-04-30
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MORRISON, Margaret Ann appointed
secretary
2007-04-30
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MORRISON, Malcolm Alexander appointed
director
2007-04-30
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RODGER, Marie Lyn appointed
nominee-director
2007-04-30
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RODGER, Marie Lyn resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MORRISON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Malcolm Alexander Morrison Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	30/06/2016
Mrs Margaret Ann Morrison Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	30/06/2016

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

Incorporated2007-04-30

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Habost, Ness

Isle Of Lewis

HS2 0TG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-14

Last: 2025-04-30

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MORRISON, Margaret Ann→

secretary · appointed 2007-04-30

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Active

MORRISON, Malcolm Alexander→

director · ~65y · appointed 2007-04-30

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Active

MORRISON, Margaret Ann→

director · ~57y · appointed 2016-03-01

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Active

MORRISON, Margaret Ann→

director · ~56y · appointed 2016-03-01 · resigned 2016-03-01

Resigned

RODGER, Marie Lyn→

nominee-director · ~48y · appointed 2007-04-30 · resigned 2007-04-30

Resigned

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