MENOPAUSE MATTERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC222055 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-09

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£11.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other human health activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle 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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -61% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

56 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £11,823

Cash draining

Cash down 61% YoY

Cash YoY

-61%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£22k

↓ 61% YoY

Net Worth

£12k

↑ 19% YoY

Current Assets

£36k

↓ 51% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£11.8k	£9.9k
Current assets	£36.0k	£74.2k
Cash	£22.1k	£56.3k
Debtors	£13.9k	£17.9k
Net assets	£11.8k	£9.9k

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

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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

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-09-24
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2019-09-27
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2018-09-26
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2017-09-28
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2015-09-09
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2014-09-19
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2006-08-10
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CUMMING, Grant Philip, Dr resigned
director
2002-10-14
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CUMMING, Grant Philip, Dr appointed
director
2001-08-09
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Company incorporated
As MENOPAUSE MATTERS LIMITED
2001-08-09
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CURRIE, Heather Doreen, Dr appointed
secretary
2001-08-09
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CURRIE, Heather Doreen, Dr appointed
director
2001-08-09
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CURRIE, Matthew appointed
director
2001-08-09
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-08-09
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-08-09
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-08-09
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

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.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Matthew Currie Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence	06/04/2016
Dr Heather Doreen Currie Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68	25–50%	25–50%	board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2001-08-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

Skewbridge

Mouswald

Dumfries

DG1 4LY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-09

Last: 2025-09-25

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CURRIE, Heather Doreen, Dr→

secretary · appointed 2001-08-09

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Active

CURRIE, Heather Doreen, Dr→

director · ~68y · appointed 2001-08-09

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Active

CURRIE, Matthew→

director · ~66y · appointed 2001-08-09

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-09 · resigned 2001-08-09

Resigned

CUMMING, Grant Philip, Dr→

director · ~65y · appointed 2002-10-14 · resigned 2006-08-10

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-08-09 · resigned 2001-08-09

Resigned

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