MONESS GROUP LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
SC198912 · ltd · incorporated 1999-08-13
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days
No material changes in the last 30 days.
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£4.27M
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Holiday centres and villages
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).
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Refinance opportunity
16 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 17.7y
15/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 17.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
16 charges (16/16 with lender, 16/16 with type)
90
Directors & officers
16 officers (1 active, 16 linked, 9 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 9 total, 9 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
147 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £4,273,928
Cash YoY
-22%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£132k
↓ 22% YoY
Net Worth
£4.3m
↑ 2.3% YoY
Current Assets
£140k
↓ 51% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £4.55M | £4.48M |
| Current assets | £140.2k | £283.8k |
| Cash | £132.2k | £169.8k |
| Debtors | £8.0k | £90.4k |
| Net assets | £4.27M | £4.18M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (87 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-29📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-04-29🔓Charge satisfied #16
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-01-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-01-04📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-01-01➖ALTER DOMUS (UK) LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2024-01-01➖MOLTON, Matthew Leonard resigneddirector
- 2024-01-01➖TROTT, Timothy Luke resigneddirector
- 2023-10-20📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-10-10🔒Charge registered #16Lender: J & S Mckenzie Group Limited
- 2023-09-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-09-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-09-19📄appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP04
- 2023-09-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-09-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-09-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-09-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-09-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-09-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-18📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-09-18📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-09-18📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-09-18📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-09-18🔓Charge satisfied #15
- 2023-09-18🔓Charge satisfied #14
- 2023-09-18🔓Charge satisfied #13
- 2023-09-18🔓Charge satisfied #12
- 2023-09-15➕LANGE, Kevin William appointeddirector
- 2023-09-15➕ALTER DOMUS (UK) LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2023-09-15➖MCKENZIE, John Macfarlane resigneddirector
- 2023-09-15➖MCKENZIE, Steven John resigneddirector
- 2023-09-15➕MOLTON, Matthew Leonard appointeddirector
- 2023-09-15➕TROTT, Timothy Luke appointeddirector
- 2023-09-15📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-09-14📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-08-22🔓Charge satisfied #10
- 2023-08-22🔓Charge satisfied #9
- 2023-08-22🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2021-10-12🔒Charge registered #15Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2021-10-07🔓Charge satisfied #11
- 2021-10-07🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2019-09-10🔒Charge registered #14Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2019-05-14🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2019-05-02🔒Charge registered #13Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2019-04-26➖VOSE, Terence Louis resigneddirector
- 2019-04-26🔒Charge registered #12Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2018-07-27🔓Charge satisfied #5
Showing most recent 50 of 87 events
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
45/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Plh In The Highlands Uk Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Plh In The Highlands Uk Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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MONESS GROUP LIMITED
This company · SC198912
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Plh In The Highlands Uk Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 15/09/2023 |
8 historic (ceased) PSCs
- J & S Mckenzie Group Ltdceased 15/09/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Vose Group Ltdceased 30/12/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
- J & S Mckenzie Group Limtiedceased 28/11/2019· significant influence
- Vose Group Ltdceased 28/11/2019· 75-100% shares
- Mr Terence Louis Voseceased 15/04/2019· board control · significant influence
- Mr John Macfarlane Mckenzieceased 06/04/2016· significant influence
- Mr Kenneth Morton Lockleyceased 06/04/2016· significant influence
- Mr Steven John Mckenzieceased 06/04/2016· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| COMRIE CROFT LIMITED→ SC265297 · est 2004 | — | — | — | 3600 | 22y | 83 | 64y |
| GLENCOE HOLIDAYS LIMITED→ SC251147 · est 2003 | — | — | — | 2 | 23y | 83 | 59y |
| ACHADERRY ESTATE LIMITED→ SC287817 · est 2005 | — | — | £233.7k | — | 20y | 82 | 78y |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-08-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55201 — Holiday centres and villages
Registered office
Moness Resort
Crieff Road
Aberfeldy
Perthshire
PH15 2DY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-12
Last: 2025-08-29
Officers (1 active · 15 resigned)
LANGE, Kevin William→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2023-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CROCKER, John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-08-13 · resigned 2002-10-09
HARROW, Antonia Louise→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2013-03-28 · resigned 2013-06-06
NORMAN, Diane→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2008-08-07 · resigned 2013-03-28
SIGGS, Stephen Geoffrey→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2001-11-29 · resigned 2003-09-18
SORRIE, Ian→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2013-06-06 · resigned 2018-06-14
ALTER DOMUS (UK) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2023-09-15 · resigned 2024-01-01
RUS & COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2003-09-18 · resigned 2008-08-07
HOLLAND, Roy Gordon Robert→
Resigneddirector · ~85y · appointed 1999-08-13 · resigned 2003-01-16
LOCKLEY, Kenneth Morton→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · appointed 2015-01-16 · resigned 2018-05-31
MCKENZIE, John Macfarlane→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · appointed 2015-01-16 · resigned 2023-09-15
MCKENZIE, Steven John→
Resigneddirector · ~52y · appointed 2013-03-28 · resigned 2023-09-15
MOLTON, Matthew Leonard→
Resigneddirector · ~43y · appointed 2023-09-15 · resigned 2024-01-01
SIDEN, Geoffrey John→
Resigneddirector · ~83y · appointed 2013-03-28 · resigned 2015-01-16
TROTT, Timothy Luke→
Resigneddirector · ~45y · appointed 2023-09-15 · resigned 2024-01-01
VOSE, Terence Louis→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2003-01-16 · resigned 2019-04-26
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Mortgages & charges
16
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:16 of 16 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | J & S Mckenzie Group J & S Mckenzie Group Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 10/10/2023 | 29/04/2025 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 12/10/2021 | 18/09/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 10/09/2019 | 18/09/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 3 properties | 02/05/2019 | 18/09/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 26/04/2019 | 18/09/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 13/07/2015 | 07/10/2021 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 13/07/2015 | 22/08/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 09/01/2015 | 22/08/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/01/2015 | 07/10/2021 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/01/2015 | 22/08/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 22/12/2014 | 14/05/2019 | |
| satisfied | Worldwide Leisure Group Worldwide Leisure Group Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 12/04/2013 | 27/07/2018 | |
| satisfied | Worldwide Leisure Group Worldwide Leisure Group Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 12/04/2013 | 27/07/2018 | |
| satisfied | Worldwide Leisure Group Worldwide Leisure Group Limited | Floating charge | 1 property | 28/03/2013 | 24/10/2017 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 29/01/2009 | 26/02/2015 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 24/10/2008 | 17/01/2015 |
Recent filings (147 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-04
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-01-04
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-10-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-22
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2023-09-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-09-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-19