MANGERSTA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC312424 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-23
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). 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, 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
57 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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£2k£4k£5k£7k£9kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-302024-03-30
Total assets—£1.6k
Current assets—£8.9k
Cash—£2.0k
Debtors—£6.9k
Net assets—£1.4k
Average employees2—

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2023-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-01-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2022-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-02-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2021-02-02
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    change-person-secretary-company
    officers · CH03
  12. 2021-02-02
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    change-person-director-company
    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-02-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2019-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2006-11-23
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    Company incorporated
    As MANGERSTA LIMITED
  18. 2006-11-23
    ➕
    BUCHANAN, Joni appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-11-23
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    BUCHANAN, Joni appointed
    director
  20. 2006-11-23
    ➕
    WILSON, Brian David Henderson appointed
    director
  21. 2006-11-23
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-11-23
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-11-23
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2006-11-23
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 78 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.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Joni Buchanan
Individual · British · DOB 12/1956 · age 70
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Brian David Henderson Wilsonceased 31/03/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2006-11-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Cnoc Na Meinn 7a
Mangersta
Isle Of Lewis
HS2 9EY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-07
Last: 2025-11-23

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BUCHANAN, Joni→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUCHANAN, Joni→
director · ~70y · appointed 2006-11-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILSON, Brian David Henderson→
director · ~78y · appointed 2006-11-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-11-23 · resigned 2006-11-23
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-11-23 · resigned 2006-11-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-14
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-02-03