MENZIES & SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC014177 · ltd · incorporated 1926-06-04
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
115 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees200200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-05-20
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    PRATT, Stephanie Elizabeth appointed
    director
  5. 2024-05-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-04-30
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    CHRISTINE, Lorna Margaret resigned
    director
  7. 2023-10-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-10-29
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-18
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-05-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2020-04-22
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    ROBERTSON, John Stewart resigned
    director
  14. 2020-02-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2020-02-18
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    CHRISTINE, Lorna Margaret appointed
    director
  16. 2019-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2016-05-11
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    annual-return · AR01
  21. 2009-08-09
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    MENZIES, John Macdonald resigned
    director
  22. 2007-10-02
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    THORNTONS LAW LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2007-10-02
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    MENZIES, John Macdonald resigned
    secretary
  24. 2007-10-01
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    MCDONALD, Alexander Francis appointed
    director
  25. 2006-11-24
    ➖
    MILLER, Dorothy Brown resigned
    director
  26. 2006-06-29
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, John Stewart appointed
    director
  27. 2001-05-30
    ➖
    MENZIES, Elizabeth resigned
    director
  28. 1991-10-31
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    JOHNSON, Elizabeth Alexandra, Dr resigned
    director
  29. 1926-06-04
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    Company incorporated
    As MENZIES & SONS LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 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 19 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

Dunshelt Investments Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Dunshelt Investments Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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MENZIES & SONS LIMITED
This company · SC014177

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dunshelt Investments Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1926-06-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Whitehall House
33 Yeaman Shore
Dundee
DD1 4BJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-07
Last: 2025-04-23

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

THORNTONS LAW LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-10-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCDONALD, Alexander Francis→
director · ~71y · appointed 2007-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRATT, Stephanie Elizabeth→
director · ~38y · appointed 2024-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MENZIES, John Macdonald→
secretary · resigned 2007-10-02
Resigned
CHRISTINE, Lorna Margaret→
director · ~47y · appointed 2020-02-18 · resigned 2024-04-30
Resigned
JOHNSON, Elizabeth Alexandra, Dr→
director · ~98y · resigned 1991-10-31
Resigned
MENZIES, Elizabeth→
director · ~125y · resigned 2001-05-30
Resigned
MENZIES, John Macdonald→
director · ~94y · resigned 2009-08-09
Resigned
MILLER, Dorothy Brown→
director · ~90y · resigned 2006-11-24
Resigned
ROBERTSON, John Stewart→
director · ~77y · appointed 2006-06-29 · resigned 2020-04-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (115 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-05-11