MAGDALEN MEDICAL PUBLISHING LTD

🌳Matureactive
09997585 · ltd · incorporated 2016-02-10
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees252600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-04-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-04-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-11-14
    ➕
    WHARTON, Juliane appointed
    director
  5. 2025-11-14
    ➖
    GRIEVE, Juliane resigned
    director
  6. 2025-11-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-11-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2025-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-11-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-04-16
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  15. 2021-04-16
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  16. 2021-03-31
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2020-08-04
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  18. 2020-02-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2020-02-14
    ➕
    GRIEVE, Charles Miller appointed
    director
  20. 2019-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2016-07-10
    ➖
    WHARTON, Christian resigned
    director
  22. 2016-07-01
    ➕
    GRIEVE, Juliane appointed
    director
  23. 2016-02-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MAGDALEN MEDICAL PUBLISHING LTD
  24. 2016-02-10
    ➕
    WHARTON, Christian appointed
    director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Charles Miller Grieve
Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control15/07/2020
Mrs Juliane Wharton
Individual · German · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control27/07/2016

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
Incorporated2016-02-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99000 — Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies

Registered office

First Floor
1 Des Roches Square
Witney
OX28 4BE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

GRIEVE, Charles Miller→
director · ~66y · appointed 2020-02-14
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Active
WHARTON, Juliane→
director · ~65y · appointed 2025-11-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIEVE, Juliane→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-07-01 · resigned 2025-11-14
Resigned
WHARTON, Christian→
director · ~64y · appointed 2016-02-10 · resigned 2016-07-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (36 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-08