MOUNTWEST M-TEC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC191137 · ltd · incorporated 1998-11-16

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 24.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£250.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Specialised design activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.2y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 24.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

79 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £250,017

Cash YoY

-3%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£138k

↓ 2.8% YoY

Net Worth

£250k

↑ 6.8% YoY

Current Assets

£424k

↑ 15% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£250.0k	£234.1k
Current assets	£423.9k	£369.3k
Cash	£138.2k	£142.1k
Debtors	£285.7k	£227.2k
Net assets	£250.0k	£234.1k

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

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1 signal 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

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2014-12-09
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2014-09-20
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ROSS, Alan appointed
secretary
2014-09-20
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HUNTER, Noela Anne Harvey resigned
secretary
2002-02-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2001-04-09
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HUNTER, Noela Anne Harvey appointed
secretary
2001-04-09
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STRONACHS resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-01-05
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ROSS, Archibald Campbell appointed
director
1999-01-05
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TORRANCE, William James appointed
director
1999-01-05
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RENNIE, David Alan resigned
director
1998-11-16
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Company incorporated
As MOUNTWEST M-TEC LIMITED
1998-11-16
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STRONACHS appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-11-16
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RENNIE, David Alan appointed
director

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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr William James Torrance Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	16/11/2016
Mr Archibald Campbell Ross Individual · British · DOB 05/1969 · age 57	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	16/11/2016

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

Incorporated1998-11-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74100 — Specialised design activities

Registered office

Bynack

Grantown-On-Spey

Morayshire

PH26 3NQ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last: 2025-11-16

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ROSS, Alan→

secretary · appointed 2014-09-20

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Active

ROSS, Archibald Campbell→

director · ~57y · appointed 1999-01-05

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Active

TORRANCE, William James→

director · ~65y · appointed 1999-01-05

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Active

HUNTER, Noela Anne Harvey→

secretary · appointed 2001-04-09 · resigned 2014-09-20

Resigned

STRONACHS→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-11-16 · resigned 2001-04-09

Resigned

RENNIE, David Alan→

director · ~73y · appointed 1998-11-16 · resigned 1999-01-05

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Bond & floating charge	1 property	18/02/2002	—

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