MINDGENIUS LTD.
- · Oldest live charge 18.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 18.2y
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 18.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · 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.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-07📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2026-03-03📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-29📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-08-16➖MACINTYRE, Fiona resigneddirector
- 2019-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-03-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-03-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-07📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2018-03-02📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-03-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-01-15➖JACK, Derek resigneddirector
- 2018-01-15➖JACK, Gillian resigneddirector
- 2018-01-15➖MACIVER, Karen resigneddirector
- 2017-03-30➕MARRON, Ashley Gregory appointeddirector
- 2017-03-30➕MACINTYRE, Fiona appointeddirector
- 2008-03-01➕JACK, Gillian appointeddirector
- 2008-03-01➕MACIVER, Karen appointeddirector
- 2008-02-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2006-11-24🏢Company incorporatedAs MINDGENIUS LTD.
- 2006-11-24➕MACIVER, Donald appointedsecretary
- 2006-11-24➕MACIVER, Donald appointeddirector
- 2006-11-24➕FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2006-11-24➖FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2006-11-24➕JACK, Derek appointeddirector
- 2006-11-24➕FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 2006-11-24➖FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Donald Maciver Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 01/07/2016 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Derek Jackceased 27/02/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Ashley Gregory Marronceased 27/02/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Jamie Rorrisonceased 27/02/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 29/02/2008 | — |