MONACT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC330480 · ltd · incorporated 2007-09-06
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-03
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  2. 2024-04-16
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  3. 2023-06-20
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  4. 2022-06-23
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  5. 2021-09-06
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    address · AD01
  6. 2021-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  7. 2020-06-24
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  8. 2019-06-19
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  9. 2018-06-20
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  10. 2017-06-20
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  11. 2016-11-28
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  12. 2016-06-29
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  13. 2015-10-10
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  14. 2015-06-26
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  15. 2014-10-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2009-08-10
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    MINICUCCI, Fiorella appointed
    director
  17. 2009-08-10
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    BORDONARO, Federico resigned
    director
  18. 2008-08-22
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    JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2008-08-20
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    LOWE, Mark William appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-09-06
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    Company incorporated
    As MONACT LIMITED
  21. 2007-09-06
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    LOWE, Mark William Christopher appointed
    director
  22. 2007-09-06
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    JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2007-09-06
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    BORDONARO, Federico appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
Mr Mark William Lowe
Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/09/2016

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
Incorporated2007-09-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC58142 — Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals

Registered office

23 George Street
Dumfries
DG1 1EA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-20
Last: 2025-09-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

LOWE, Mark William→
secretary · appointed 2008-08-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOWE, Mark William Christopher→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-09-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MINICUCCI, Fiorella→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-08-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-09-06 · resigned 2008-08-22
Resigned
BORDONARO, Federico→
director · ~54y · appointed 2007-09-06 · resigned 2009-08-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
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2025-04-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-10
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accounts · AA
2024-04-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-11
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accounts · AA
2023-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-09
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2022-06-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-17
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address · AD01
2021-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-08
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accounts · AA
2020-06-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-13
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accounts · AA
2019-06-19