MORNINGSIDE MANOR LIMITED
- · Lifecycle stage: growth → mature
- · Investment thesis: growth_story → unclassified
- · Bankability: 75 → 85
- · Oldest live charge 11.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
Picture improved over the last 30 days — 2 positive signals vs 0 negative.
- ↑Lifecycle stage: growth → mature
- ·Investment thesis: growth_story → unclassified
- ↑Bankability: 75 → 85
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Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (88/100).
Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.5y
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: high (90/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3.64M | £3.41M | £3.10M |
| Gross profit | £2.18M | £2.00M | £1.78M |
| Operating profit | £1.58M | £1.49M | £1.17M |
| Profit before tax | £1.58M | £1.49M | £1.17M |
| Average employees | 5100 | 5400 | 5300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
4 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 2 mortgage
- • 1 accounts
- • 2 mortgage
- • 1 accounts
- • 6 officers
- • 2 mortgage
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2026-05-05📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-05-05📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-05-05🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2026-05-05🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2025-12-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-12-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-12-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-12-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-12-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-12-08📄appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP04
- 2025-12-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-11-28➕TARGET FUND MANAGERS LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2025-11-28➕BROWN, Andrew Stewart appointeddirector
- 2025-11-28➕FLANNELLY, John Marcus appointeddirector
- 2025-11-28➕MACKENZIE, James Kenneth appointeddirector
- 2025-11-28➕MACKENZIE, Kenneth Macangus appointeddirector
- 2025-11-28➖BLACK, Sean resigneddirector
- 2025-11-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-11-12➖BLACK, Susan resigneddirector
- 2025-08-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2025-07-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-26✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2025-02-26✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2024-05-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-17🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2016-03-11🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2016-01-21🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2014-12-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2014-09-02🏢Company incorporatedAs MORNINGSIDE MANOR LIMITED
- 2014-09-02➕BLACK, Sean appointeddirector
- 2014-09-02➕BLACK, Susan appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MACKENZIE, James Kenneth (same surname) appointed 2025-11-28. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
Red flags
3 med · 1 lowMultiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.
Evidence: BLACK, Sean resigned 2025-11-28; BLACK, Susan resigned 2025-11-12
Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.
Evidence: 2025-03-26: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2025-02-26: certificate-change-of-name-company
Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Group structure
Lindemann Properties Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lindemann Properties Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Ronald Rutherford Blackceased 22/03/2019· significant influence
- Mr Ronald Rutherford Blackceased 06/04/2016· significant influence
- Mr Jody Blackceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Sean Blackceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Filing status
Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 17/03/2016 | 05/05/2026 | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 11/03/2016 | 05/05/2026 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 05/12/2014 | 21/01/2016 |