MASTERS IN MINDS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC325632 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-18
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£21.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -39% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £21,729
Net assets shrinking
Down £159,287 YoY
Cash YoY
-39%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£215k
↓ 39% YoY
Net Worth
£22k
↓ 88% YoY
Current Assets
£287k
↓ 57% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£134k£268k£402k£536k£670kJun 2024Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312024-06-30
Total assets£306.8k£545.1k
Current assets£287.5k£669.6k
Cash£215.1k£355.3k
Debtors£72.4k£314.2k
Net assets£21.7k£181.0k

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

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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  5. 2023-03-31
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  6. 2022-03-31
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  7. 2021-04-19
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  8. 2020-03-31
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  9. 2019-07-09
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  10. 2019-03-29
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  11. 2018-03-19
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  12. 2017-07-07
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  14. 2016-07-14
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  15. 2016-03-21
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  16. 2013-01-01
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    MCCANN, Stephen appointed
    director
  17. 2010-09-07
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    MCCANN, Julie appointed
    secretary
  18. 2010-09-07
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    SCOTT MONCRIEFF resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2007-06-18
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    Company incorporated
    As MASTERS IN MINDS LIMITED
  20. 2007-06-18
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    MCCANN, Julie appointed
    director
  21. 2007-06-18
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    SCOTT MONCRIEFF appointed
    corporate-secretary

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 19 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

79/100
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.
  • 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Julie Mccann
Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mr Stephen Mccann
Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/04/2019

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
Incorporated2007-06-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

11 Old Dullatur Road
Dullatur
Glasgow
G68 0AR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-17
Last: 2025-07-03

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MCCANN, Julie→
secretary · appointed 2010-09-07
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Active
MCCANN, Julie→
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-06-18
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MCCANN, Stephen→
director · ~56y · appointed 2013-01-01
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Active
SCOTT MONCRIEFF→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-06-18 · resigned 2010-09-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

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2025-07-15
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2025-03-31
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2025-02-24
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2024-07-16
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2024-04-12
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2023-07-17
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2023-03-31
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2022-07-15
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2022-03-31
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2021-07-16
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2021-04-19
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2020-07-14
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2020-03-31
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2019-07-09