MANSEWOOD FACTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC096696 · ltd · incorporated 1986-01-09
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 38.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 88). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 38.6y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 38.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
97 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Current Liabilities
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£0£21k£42k£63k£83k£104kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£92.8k
Current assets—£104.3k
Net assets—£92.8k
Average employees0—

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
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Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
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  2. 2025-04-21
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  3. 2023-12-22
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  4. 2022-12-28
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  5. 2022-03-28
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  6. 2020-12-30
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  7. 2019-12-22
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  8. 2018-12-21
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  9. 2017-12-29
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  10. 2016-12-29
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  11. 2016-02-01
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  12. 2015-12-15
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  13. 2015-02-09
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  14. 2014-12-18
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  15. 2014-02-13
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  16. 2010-01-31
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    LIVINGSTONE, Andrew Ian appointed
    director
  17. 1997-11-20
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    LIVINGSTONE, Andrew Ian resigned
    director
  18. 1996-03-31
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    LIVINGSTONE, Gordon Cameron appointed
    director
  19. 1996-03-31
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    LIVINGSTONE, Andrew Ian appointed
    director
  20. 1994-02-16
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    LIVINGSTONE, John resigned
    director
  21. 1992-08-15
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    MATHIE, Ian Thomas resigned
    director
  22. 1990-10-03
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    LIVINGSTONE, Diane Frances appointed
    director
  23. 1990-06-12
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    LIVINGSTONE, John appointed
    director
  24. 1987-09-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  25. 1986-01-09
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    Company incorporated
    As MANSEWOOD FACTORS LIMITED

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 36 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 36 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Lang Livingstone
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 02/1938 · age 88
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1986-01-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

223 Manse Road
Motherwell
ML1 2PY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

LIVINGSTONE, Diane Frances→
secretary
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Active
LIVINGSTONE, Andrew Ian→
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-01-31
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Active
LIVINGSTONE, Diane Frances→
director · ~83y · appointed 1990-10-03
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Active
LIVINGSTONE, Gordon Cameron→
director · ~56y · appointed 1996-03-31
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Active
LIVINGSTONE, Ian Lang→
director · ~88y
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Active
LIVINGSTONE, Andrew Ian→
director · ~58y · appointed 1996-03-31 · resigned 1997-11-20
Resigned
LIVINGSTONE, John→
director · ~123y · appointed 1990-06-12 · resigned 1994-02-16
Resigned
MATHIE, Ian Thomas→
director · ~75y · resigned 1992-08-15
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
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property18/09/1987—
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Recent filings (97 total)

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2026-03-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
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accounts · AA
2022-12-28
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accounts · AA
2022-03-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-19
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accounts · AA
2020-12-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-01