MTC MEDIA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC285534 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-01

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 15.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other information technology service activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 15.7y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 15.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (9 active, 11 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

74 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

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	6700	6800

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2026-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-08-19
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Charge satisfied #2
2024-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
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officers · AP01
2022-07-06
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-07-06
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-07-05
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-12-13
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Charge satisfied #1
2021-10-01
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PHILLIP, James Dunbar appointed
director
2021-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
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O'HARE, Natasha appointed
director
2021-05-25
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-05-25
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-05-11
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-05-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-05-10
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BRENNAN, Anthony Leonard Joseph appointed
director
2021-03-19
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RANKINE, David Fraser resigned
secretary
2021-03-19
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RANKINE, David Fraser resigned
director
2021-03-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-03-19
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-25
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MCCREATH, Craig appointed
director
2019-04-12
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BLYTH, Frazer Scott appointed
director
2012-07-01
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JOHNSTONE, Euan Douglas appointed
director
2012-07-01
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MCDONALD, Alexander John appointed
director
2010-08-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2010-08-06
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2005-06-01
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Company incorporated
As MTC MEDIA LIMITED
2005-06-01
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CALLACHAN, Michael Terence appointed
director
2005-06-01
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REID, Alan David appointed
director
2005-06-01
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RANKINE, David Fraser appointed
secretary
2005-06-01
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RANKINE, David Fraser appointed
director

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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.)

Group structure

Sidlaw Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Sidlaw Holdings Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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MTC MEDIA LIMITED

This company · SC285534

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
Sidlaw Holdings Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/07/2016

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-06-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

Shed 26 Unit 35

City Quay, Camperdown Street

Dundee

Angus

DD1 3JA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-15

Last: 2025-06-01