M & M JOHNSON INVESTMENTS LIMITED

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SC257477 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-13
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 21.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 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

7 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.9y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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 Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Average employees2200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
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  2. 2024-06-27
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  3. 2023-08-08
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  4. 2022-06-22
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  5. 2021-07-27
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  6. 2020-05-08
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  7. 2019-08-09
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  8. 2018-12-11
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  9. 2018-07-04
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  10. 2017-11-17
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  11. 2016-07-07
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  12. 2016-02-13
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  13. 2015-12-01
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  14. 2015-07-02
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  15. 2014-11-11
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  16. 2007-06-18
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    Charge satisfied #6
  17. 2007-05-14
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    Charge satisfied #3
  18. 2007-05-14
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    Charge satisfied #2
  19. 2007-04-20
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Paragon Mortgages Limited
  20. 2007-03-30
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    JOHNSON, Malcolm Henry appointed
    director
  21. 2007-03-30
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Paragon Mortgages Limited
  22. 2006-06-16
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Paragon Mortgages Limited
  23. 2006-05-11
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    JOHNSON, Malcolm Henry resigned
    director
  24. 2006-05-10
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    JOHNSON, Malcolm Henry appointed
    secretary
  25. 2006-05-10
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    JOHNSON, Marvyn David resigned
    secretary
  26. 2005-06-30
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Paragon Mortgages Limited
  27. 2004-12-14
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Paragon Mortgages LTD
  28. 2004-10-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Paragon Mortgages Limited
  29. 2004-06-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Paragon Mortgages Limited
  30. 2003-10-13
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    Company incorporated
    As M & M JOHNSON INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  31. 2003-10-13
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    JOHNSON, Marvyn David appointed
    director
  32. 2003-10-13
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    JOHNSON, Marvyn David appointed
    secretary
  33. 2003-10-13
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    JOHNSON, Malcolm Henry appointed
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "JOHNSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — 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 65. 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Malcolm Henry Johnson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-10-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

6 Bells Road
Lerwick
Shetland
ZE1 0QB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-12
Last: 2025-06-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JOHNSON, Malcolm Henry→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-10
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JOHNSON, Malcolm Henry→
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-03-30
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JOHNSON, Marvyn David→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-10-13
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Active
JOHNSON, Marvyn David→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-13 · resigned 2006-05-10
Resigned
JOHNSON, Malcolm Henry→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-10-13 · resigned 2006-05-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

7
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:7 of 7 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Paragon
Paragon Mortgages Limited
Legal charge1 property20/04/2007—
satisfied
Paragon
Paragon Mortgages Limited
Legal charge1 property30/03/200718/06/2007
outstanding
Paragon
Paragon Mortgages Limited
Legal charge1 property16/06/2006—
outstanding
Paragon
Paragon Mortgages Limited
Legal charge1 property30/06/2005—
satisfied
Paragon
Paragon Mortgages LTD
Legal charge4 properties14/12/200414/05/2007
satisfied
Paragon
Paragon Mortgages Limited
Legal charge1 property28/10/200414/05/2007
outstanding
Paragon
Paragon Mortgages Limited
Floating charge1 property11/06/2004—
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Recent filings (65 total)

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2025-11-24
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2025-06-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
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2024-06-27
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2023-08-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-05
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2022-06-22
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2021-07-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-01
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accounts · AA
2020-05-08
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accounts · AA
2019-08-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-01
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accounts · AA
2018-12-11