ASSISTIVE LIVING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC325259 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-11
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
41 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-25
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  2. 2025-06-25
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  3. 2025-06-25
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    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-11-10
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    BARRY, Morna May resigned
    director
  5. 2024-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-22
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  7. 2022-07-01
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  8. 2021-06-25
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  9. 2020-06-26
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  10. 2019-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  11. 2018-06-26
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  12. 2017-06-21
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  13. 2016-06-20
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  14. 2016-06-20
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  15. 2015-07-07
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  16. 2015-06-15
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  17. 2014-06-30
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2007-06-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ASSISTIVE LIVING LIMITED
  19. 2007-06-11
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    BARRY, Lisa Melinda appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-06-11
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    BARRY, Johnathon Marc appointed
    director
  21. 2007-06-11
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    BARRY, Lisa Melinda appointed
    director
  22. 2007-06-11
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    BARRY, Morna May appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Lisa Melinda Barry
Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Jonathan Marc Barry
Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Morna May Barryceased 10/11/2024· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2007-06-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

9 Arrol Road
Glasgow
G40 3DQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-25
Last: 2025-06-11

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BARRY, Lisa Melinda→
secretary · appointed 2007-06-11
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BARRY, Johnathon Marc→
director · ~61y · appointed 2007-06-11
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Active
BARRY, Lisa Melinda→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-06-11
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Active
BARRY, Morna May→
director · ~85y · appointed 2007-06-11 · resigned 2024-11-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-19
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accounts · AA
2022-07-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-06-25