MONTI MARINO (PERTH) LIMITED

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SC327217 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-04
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.8y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
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£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees100100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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 (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-10-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2020-10-09
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    OXFORD COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  11. 2020-10-09
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2019-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-11-15
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2018-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-08-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-08-17
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  17. 2017-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2008-11-28
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    LYONS LAING (SOLICITORS) resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2008-11-24
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    OXFORD COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2008-06-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2007-07-13
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    SEARS-CORFIELD, Jonathan appointed
    director
  22. 2007-07-13
    ➕
    LYONS LAING (SOLICITORS) appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2007-07-13
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2007-07-13
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2007-07-04
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    Company incorporated
    As MONTI MARINO (PERTH) LIMITED
  26. 2007-07-04
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2007-07-04
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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
Mr Jonathan Sears-Corfield
Individual · British · DOB 06/1953 · age 73
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting05/07/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-07-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46370 — Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices

Registered office

The Livery
Millhaugh
Dunning
Perthshire
PH2 0DW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-18
Last: 2025-07-04

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

SEARS-CORFIELD, Jonathan→
director · ~73y · appointed 2007-07-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LYONS LAING (SOLICITORS)→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-07-13 · resigned 2008-11-28
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-07-04 · resigned 2007-07-13
Resigned
OXFORD COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-11-24 · resigned 2020-10-09
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-07-04 · resigned 2007-07-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property24/06/2008—
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Recent filings (62 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-10-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-10-12
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-10-09