ARDNAHEIN CARE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC466724 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-06
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residential nursing care activities
Sector: Human health & social work
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 87300Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-282023-12-28
Average employees45004600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2023-07-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-07-28
    WHITEHOUSE, John Derek resigned
    director
  7. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-09
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2021-03-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2021-03-08
    COOKE, Sandra resigned
    director
  15. 2021-03-08
    WHITEHOUSE, John Derek appointed
    director
  16. 2020-12-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2020-12-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2020-12-04
    DEMINA, Irina resigned
    director
  19. 2019-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-12-03
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    gazette · DISS40
  21. 2019-11-26
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  22. 2018-09-24
    SCHEIBEL, Naazny resigned
    director
  23. 2018-09-19
    THOMPSON, Rebecca Louise resigned
    director
  24. 2018-09-19
    THOMPSON, William Warren, Dr resigned
    director
  25. 2018-06-01
    COOKE, Sandra appointed
    director
  26. 2015-12-15
    DEMINA, Irina appointed
    director
  27. 2014-01-17
    SCHEIBEL, Naazny appointed
    director
  28. 2014-01-17
    THOMPSON, Rebecca Louise appointed
    director
  29. 2014-01-17
    THOMPSON, William Warren, Dr appointed
    director
  30. 2014-01-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ARDNAHEIN CARE LIMITED
  31. 2014-01-06
    SCHEIBEL, Thomas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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.)

Group structure

Romax Group Ag holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Romax Group Ag
Corporate parent · board control
ARDNAHEIN CARE LIMITED
This company · SC466724

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Romax Group Ag
Corporate entity
board controlboard control06/04/2016

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-01-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC87100 — Residential nursing care activities

Registered office

10 Glenmorag Avenue
Dunoon
Argyll & Bute
PA23 7LG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-28
Last made up to: 2024-12-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-20
Last: 2026-01-06

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

SCHEIBEL, Thomas
director · ~57y · appointed 2014-01-06
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Active
COOKE, Sandra
director · ~66y · appointed 2018-06-01 · resigned 2021-03-08
Resigned
DEMINA, Irina
director · ~47y · appointed 2015-12-15 · resigned 2020-12-04
Resigned
SCHEIBEL, Naazny
director · ~56y · appointed 2014-01-17 · resigned 2018-09-24
Resigned
THOMPSON, Rebecca Louise
director · ~71y · appointed 2014-01-17 · resigned 2018-09-19
Resigned
THOMPSON, William Warren, Dr
director · ~82y · appointed 2014-01-17 · resigned 2018-09-19
Resigned
WHITEHOUSE, John Derek
director · ~61y · appointed 2021-03-08 · resigned 2023-07-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-15
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-09-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29