MEDUCAN LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12339971 · ltd · incorporated 2019-11-29
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 21200
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 2.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 2.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (7 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
43 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 6 | 300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 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
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-02📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-06-27📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-05-22📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2025-05-22📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2025-05-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2025-05-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-04-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-12➕SADLER, Ryan appointeddirector
- 2025-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-01-21📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-01-20➕RUTHERFORD, David appointeddirector
- 2024-12-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-12-19📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2024-12-18📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-12-16📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-12-16📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-12-16📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-12-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-12-12📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2024-12-11📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-12-10➕RICHARDS, Andrew Parry appointeddirector
- 2024-03-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: South of Scotland Enterprise
- 2022-04-01➕NICOL, Scott James appointeddirector
- 2022-01-10➕DIX, Jonathan James appointeddirector
- 2021-02-18➕DIX, Jonathan appointedsecretary
- 2021-02-18➖SANDERS, Malcolm resignedsecretary
- 2019-11-29🏢Company incorporatedAs MEDUCAN LIMITED
- 2019-11-29➕SANDERS, Malcolm appointeddirector
- 2019-11-29➕SANDERS, Malcolm appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
55/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
Red flags
1 high ·Confirmation statement overdue
highAnnual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.
Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-28
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-11-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC21200 — SIC 21200
Registered office
Office 3 4 Westgate
Cowbridge
CF71 7AR
Wales
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-03-28OVERDUE
Last: 2025-03-14
Officers (7 active · 1 resigned)
Active
DIX, Jonathan James→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2022-01-10
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NICOL, Scott James→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2022-04-01
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RICHARDS, Andrew Parry→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2024-12-10
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RUTHERFORD, David→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2025-01-20
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SADLER, Ryan→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2025-04-12
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SANDERS, Malcolm→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2019-11-29
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SANDERS, Malcolm→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2019-11-29 · resigned 2021-02-18
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | South of Scotland Enterprise | A registered charge | — | 27/03/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (43 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-07-02
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-06-27
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2025-05-22
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2025-05-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-21
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-01-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-12-19