MOTORVATE THERAPIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC443744 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2013-02-27
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
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£193
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £193

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£193
Current Assets
£5k
Current Liabilities
£0£1k£2k£3k£4k£5kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Total assets£2.1k
Current assets£5.3k
Net assets£193
Average employees200

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-06
    DUTHIE, Brigid Ann appointed
    director
  7. 2021-04-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2020-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2019-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-08-21
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2019-08-20
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    administrative-restoration-company
    restoration · RT01
  13. 2019-07-30
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    gazette-dissolved-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ2
  14. 2019-05-14
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  15. 2018-07-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2018-07-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2018-06-30
    DUTHIE, Brigid Ann resigned
    director
  18. 2018-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2013-02-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MOTORVATE THERAPIES LIMITED
  20. 2013-02-27
    DOOGAN, Susan Lorraine appointed
    director
  21. 2013-02-27
    DUTHIE, Brigid Ann appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Susan Lorraine Doogan
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 07/1971 · age 55
25–50%25-50% voting18/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Brigid Ann Duthieceased 30/06/2018· 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2013-02-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

Unit 3 Tayview Industrial Estate
Friarton Road
Perth
Perth And Kinross
PH2 8DG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-08
Last: 2026-02-22

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

DOOGAN, Susan Lorraine
director · ~55y · appointed 2013-02-27
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Active
DUTHIE, Brigid Ann
director · ~75y · appointed 2021-04-06
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Active
DUTHIE, Brigid Ann
director · ~75y · appointed 2013-02-27 · resigned 2018-06-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (36 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-02-24