MIX RECORDS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC174021 · ltd · incorporated 1997-04-02

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

74 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	0	0

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-02-23
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2025-02-26
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2023-10-03
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2022-10-18
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accounts · AA
2022-01-14
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accounts · AA
2020-09-11
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accounts · AA
2019-11-21
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accounts · AA
2019-10-09
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address · AD01
2019-03-08
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accounts · AA
2018-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-01-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-04-25
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annual-return · AR01
2016-03-31
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accounts · AA
2015-04-16
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annual-return · AR01
2015-03-13
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accounts · AA
2013-10-28
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MACNEIL, Michael Joseph appointed
secretary
2013-10-28
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MACNEIL, Hannah resigned
secretary
2001-08-02
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MCELHOLM, John resigned
secretary
2001-07-01
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MACNEIL, Hannah appointed
secretary
1998-05-01
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MACNEIL, Anna Elizabeth resigned
secretary
1998-05-01
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MCELHOLM, John appointed
secretary
1997-06-15
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MACNEIL, Michael Joseph appointed
director
1997-06-15
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MACNEIL, Anna Elizabeth appointed
secretary
1997-04-02
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Company incorporated
As MIX RECORDS LIMITED
1997-04-02
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REID, Brian appointed
nominee-secretary
1997-04-02
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REID, Brian resigned
nominee-secretary
1997-04-02
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MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
nominee-director
1997-04-02
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MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael Joseph Macneil Individual · British · DOB 07/1958 · age 68	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	02/04/2017

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

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1997-04-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

6 Barclay Way

Killearn

Glasgow

G63 9BJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-16

Last: 2026-04-02

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

MACNEIL, Michael Joseph→

secretary · appointed 2013-10-28

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Active

MACNEIL, Michael Joseph→

director · ~68y · appointed 1997-06-15

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Active

MACNEIL, Anna Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 1997-06-15 · resigned 1998-05-01

Resigned

MACNEIL, Hannah→

secretary · appointed 2001-07-01 · resigned 2013-10-28

Resigned

MCELHOLM, John→

secretary · appointed 1998-05-01 · resigned 2001-08-02

Resigned

REID, Brian→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-04-02 · resigned 1997-04-02

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen→

nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1997-04-02 · resigned 1997-04-02

Resigned

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