MACMEANMNA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC264020 · ltd · incorporated 2004-02-26

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£35.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 18201

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

60100Radio broadcasting
90020Support activities to performing arts
90030Artistic creation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile

address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

58 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £35,092

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£35k

↑ 6.9% YoY

Current Assets

£44k

↑ 15% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£36.2k	£33.9k
Current assets	£44.0k	£38.4k
Net assets	£35.1k	£32.8k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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2022-12-30
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2021-12-30
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2021-01-14
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2019-12-31
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accounts · AA
2018-12-31
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accounts · AA
2018-03-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-03-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2017-12-29
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accounts · AA
2016-12-30
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accounts · AA
2016-03-27
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annual-return · AR01
2016-01-12
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accounts · AA
2015-03-26
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annual-return · AR01
2004-04-18
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@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD resigned
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2004-04-18
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@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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2004-03-22
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CORMACK, Arthur Edward appointed
secretary
2004-03-22
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CORMACK, Arthur Edward appointed
director
2004-03-22
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CORMACK, Shona appointed
director
2004-03-22
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KENNEDY, Mary Ann appointed
director
2004-03-22
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MACLEAN, Cailean Norman appointed
director
2004-02-26
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Company incorporated
As MACMEANMNA LIMITED
2004-02-26
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@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD appointed
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2004-02-26
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@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Arthur Edward Cormack Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1965 · age 61	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	12/03/2018

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

Incorporated2004-02-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC18201 — SIC 18201

Registered office

Burnbrae, Staffin Road

Portree

Isle Of Skye

IV51 9HP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-12

Last: 2026-02-26

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

CORMACK, Arthur Edward→

secretary · appointed 2004-03-22

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Active

CORMACK, Arthur Edward→

director · ~61y · appointed 2004-03-22

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Active

CORMACK, Shona→

director · ~61y · appointed 2004-03-22

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Active

KENNEDY, Mary Ann→

director · ~59y · appointed 2004-03-22

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Active

MACLEAN, Cailean Norman→

director · ~74y · appointed 2004-03-22

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Active

@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-02-26 · resigned 2004-04-18

Resigned

@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-02-26 · resigned 2004-04-18

Resigned

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