JOHN MENZIES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC092454 · ltd · incorporated 1985-03-27

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

—

year to Dec 2023

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

20 officers (4 active, 20 linked, 18 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

17 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

172 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 101

Profitable

Profit before tax £238,000

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

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

Metric	2023-12-31
Profit before tax	£238.0k
Average employees	0

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand

2025-10-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-12
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LANZOS, Alvaro Gomez-Reino Lago De appointed
director
2025-03-12
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DEVANEY, Christopher Michael resigned
director
2025-03-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-27
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-25
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DEVANEY, Christopher Michael appointed
director
2024-03-25
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TROLLOPE, David Alastair resigned
director
2023-11-13
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-18
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-08-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-27
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-10-05
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TROLLOPE, David Alastair appointed
director
2020-08-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-08-24
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WALKER, Mervyn appointed
director
2020-08-24
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WILSON, Giles Robert Bryant resigned
director
2016-05-20
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BELL, Paula resigned
director
2016-05-20
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WILSON, Giles Robert Bryant appointed
director
2013-06-10
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BELL, Paula appointed
director
2013-05-17
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DOLLMAN, Paul Bernard resigned
director
2007-03-19
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MACDONALD, Patrick James resigned
director
2006-10-20
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GEDDES, John Francis Alexander appointed
secretary
2006-10-20
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GEDDES, John Francis Alexander appointed
director
2006-10-20
➖
ANDERSON, Charles Adair resigned
secretary
2006-10-20
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ANDERSON, Charles Adair resigned
director
2003-05-09
➕
MACDONALD, Patrick James appointed
director
2003-05-09
➖
MACKAY, David James resigned
director
2002-10-01
➕
DOLLMAN, Paul Bernard appointed
director
2002-09-10
➖
SMITH, Martyn Robert resigned
director
1999-07-31
➖
BENNETT, James Douglas Scott resigned
director
1999-07-05
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SMITH, Martyn Robert appointed
director
1999-04-30
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JENKINSON, Dermot Julian resigned
director
1998-11-07
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NOEL-PATON, Frederick Ranald, The Hon resigned
director
1994-08-29
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LASCELLES, Charles Brian resigned
director
1994-01-21
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ANDERSON, Charles Adair appointed
director
1992-12-31
➖
BLACK, Robert resigned
director
1989-10-12
➖
MENZIES, John Maxwell resigned
director
1985-03-27
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Company incorporated
As JOHN MENZIES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
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

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

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Menzies Group Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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JOHN MENZIES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

This company · SC092454

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Menzies Group Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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

Incorporated1985-03-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Lochside House 3 Lochside Way

Edinburgh Park

Edinburgh

Scotland

EH12 9DT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-14

Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (4 active · 16 resigned)

GEDDES, John Francis Alexander→

secretary · appointed 2006-10-20

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Active

GEDDES, John Francis Alexander→

director · ~58y · appointed 2006-10-20

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Active

LANZOS, Alvaro Gomez-Reino Lago De→

director · ~53y · appointed 2025-03-12

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WALKER, Mervyn→

director · ~66y · appointed 2020-08-24

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Active

ANDERSON, Charles Adair→

secretary · resigned 2006-10-20

Resigned

ANDERSON, Charles Adair→

director · ~80y · appointed 1994-01-21 · resigned 2006-10-20

Resigned

BELL, Paula→

director · ~59y · appointed 2013-06-10 · resigned 2016-05-20

Resigned

BENNETT, James Douglas Scott→

director · ~84y · resigned 1999-07-31

Resigned

BLACK, Robert→

director · ~91y · resigned 1992-12-31

Resigned

DEVANEY, Christopher Michael→

director · ~38y · appointed 2024-03-25 · resigned 2025-03-12

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

LASCELLES, Charles Brian→

director · ~100y · resigned 1994-08-29

Resigned

MACDONALD, Patrick James→

director · ~64y · appointed 2003-05-09 · resigned 2007-03-19

Resigned

MACKAY, David James→

director · ~83y · resigned 2003-05-09

Resigned

MENZIES, John Maxwell→

director · ~100y · resigned 1989-10-12

Resigned

NOEL-PATON, Frederick Ranald, The Hon→

director · ~88y · resigned 1998-11-07

Resigned

SMITH, Martyn Robert→

director · ~71y · appointed 1999-07-05 · resigned 2002-09-10

Resigned

TROLLOPE, David Alastair→

director · ~66y · appointed 2020-10-05 · resigned 2024-03-25

Resigned

WILSON, Giles Robert Bryant→

director · ~53y · appointed 2016-05-20 · resigned 2020-08-24

Resigned

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Recent filings (172 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-31

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-10-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2025-10-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-04-10

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-03-12

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-03-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2024-07-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-24

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-03-27

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-03-27

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2023-11-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2023-09-29

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-08-18

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2023-08-18

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-08-18