MENZIES GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00748655 · ltd · incorporated 1963-01-31
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2023
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: dormant / non-trading with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
21 officers (3 active, 21 linked, 16 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
190 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 101
Loss-making
Loss before tax £5,100,000

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 101
Metric2023-12-31
Profit before tax£-5.10M
Average employees0

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (56 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-02-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-08-18
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  8. 2023-08-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-07-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  10. 2023-02-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  11. 2022-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-12-14
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  13. 2022-12-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2022-11-29
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  15. 2022-08-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  16. 2022-08-17
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2022-08-17
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  18. 2022-08-05
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    GUNGABISSOON, Ashwin Rabin appointed
    director
  19. 2022-08-05
    ➖
    LANZOS, Alvaro Gomez-Reino Lago De resigned
    director
  20. 2022-08-05
    ➖
    WALKER, Mervyn resigned
    director
  21. 2022-08-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2022-08-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  23. 2021-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2020-08-24
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    LANZOS, Alvaro Gomez-Reino Lago De appointed
    director
  25. 2020-08-24
    ➕
    WALKER, Mervyn appointed
    director
  26. 2020-08-24
    ➖
    WILSON, Giles Robert Bryant resigned
    director
  27. 2016-05-20
    ➖
    BELL, Paula resigned
    director
  28. 2016-05-20
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    WILSON, Giles Robert Bryant appointed
    director
  29. 2013-06-10
    ➕
    BELL, Paula appointed
    director
  30. 2013-05-17
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    DOLLMAN, Paul Bernard resigned
    director
  31. 2012-03-12
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    GEDDES, John Francis Alexander appointed
    secretary
  32. 2012-03-12
    ➖
    MULHOLLAND, Eric resigned
    secretary
  33. 2007-03-19
    ➖
    MACDONALD, Patrick James resigned
    director
  34. 2006-10-20
    ➕
    GEDDES, John Francis Alexander appointed
    director
  35. 2006-10-20
    ➖
    ANDERSON, Charles Adair resigned
    director
  36. 2003-05-09
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Patrick James appointed
    director
  37. 2003-05-09
    ➖
    MACKAY, David James resigned
    director
  38. 2002-10-01
    ➕
    DOLLMAN, Paul Bernard appointed
    director
  39. 2002-09-10
    ➖
    SMITH, Martyn Robert resigned
    director
  40. 2001-10-01
    ➖
    HARNDEN, Philip resigned
    secretary
  41. 2001-02-28
    ➖
    MCGILL, Michael Scott resigned
    director
  42. 2000-10-13
    ➕
    HARNDEN, Philip appointed
    secretary
  43. 2000-08-16
    ➕
    MULHOLLAND, Eric appointed
    secretary
  44. 2000-08-16
    ➖
    J M SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  45. 2000-08-16
    ➕
    MCGILL, Michael Scott appointed
    director
  46. 1999-07-31
    ➖
    BENNETT, James Douglas Scott resigned
    director
  47. 1999-07-05
    ➕
    SMITH, Martyn Robert appointed
    director
  48. 1999-04-30
    ➖
    JENKINSON, Dermot Julian resigned
    director
  49. 1999-03-15
    ➖
    MULHOLLAND, Eric resigned
    secretary
  50. 1999-03-15
    ➕
    J M SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
Showing most recent 50 of 56 events

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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 63 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.)

Group structure

John Menzies Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
John Menzies Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
⬇
MENZIES GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · 00748655

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
John Menzies Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1963-01-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

21-22 Bloomsbury Square
London
WC1A 2NS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-04
Last: 2026-04-20

Officers (3 active · 18 resigned)

GEDDES, John Francis Alexander→
secretary · appointed 2012-03-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GEDDES, John Francis Alexander→
director · ~58y · appointed 2006-10-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GUNGABISSOON, Ashwin Rabin→
director · ~39y · appointed 2022-08-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARNDEN, Philip→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-13 · resigned 2001-10-01
Resigned
MULHOLLAND, Eric→
secretary · appointed 2000-08-16 · resigned 2012-03-12
Resigned
MULHOLLAND, Eric→
secretary · resigned 1999-03-15
Resigned
J M SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-03-15 · resigned 2000-08-16
Resigned
ANDERSON, Charles Adair→
director · ~80y · resigned 2006-10-20
Resigned
BELL, Paula→
director · ~59y · appointed 2013-06-10 · resigned 2016-05-20
Resigned
BENNETT, James Douglas Scott→
director · ~84y · appointed 1996-04-26 · resigned 1999-07-31
Resigned
DOLLMAN, Paul Bernard→
director · ~70y · appointed 2002-10-01 · resigned 2013-05-17
Resigned
JENKINSON, Dermot Julian→
director · ~72y · resigned 1999-04-30
Resigned
LANZOS, Alvaro Gomez-Reino Lago De→
director · ~53y · appointed 2020-08-24 · resigned 2022-08-05
Resigned
MACDONALD, Patrick James→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-05-09 · resigned 2007-03-19
Resigned
MACKAY, David James→
director · ~83y · appointed 1996-02-09 · resigned 2003-05-09
Resigned
MCGILL, Michael Scott→
director · ~58y · appointed 2000-08-16 · resigned 2001-02-28
Resigned
NOEL-PATON, Frederick Ranald, The Hon→
director · ~88y · appointed 1996-04-26 · resigned 1998-05-15
Resigned
SMITH, Martyn Robert→
director · ~71y · appointed 1999-07-05 · resigned 2002-09-10
Resigned
SMITH, William Norman Gillies→
director · ~83y · resigned 1993-10-08
Resigned
WALKER, Mervyn→
director · ~66y · appointed 2020-08-24 · resigned 2022-08-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (190 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-06
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-08-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15