MASK CONSULTANCY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC336979 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-30
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£6.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
64 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 · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £6,366
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£6k
↑ 174% YoY
Current Assets
£36k
↓ 7.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £6.4k | £6.5k |
| Current assets | £36.2k | £39.3k |
| Net assets | £6.4k | £-8.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-01-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-12-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-12-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-05📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2022-01-04📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-11-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-11-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-11-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2008-01-30🏢Company incorporatedAs MASK CONSULTANCY LIMITED
- 2008-01-30➕MCSWAYDE, Angela Helen appointedsecretary
- 2008-01-30➕MCSWAYDE, Angela Helen appointeddirector
- 2008-01-30➕MCSWAYDE, Michael Brian appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Angela Helen Mcswayde Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 30/01/2017 |
Mr Michael Brian Mcswayde Individual · British · DOB 10/1955 · age 71 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 30/01/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-01-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
33 Beech Avenue
Johnshaven
Montrose
DD10 0EF
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-13
Last: 2026-01-30
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
MCSWAYDE, Angela Helen→
Activesecretary · appointed 2008-01-30
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MCSWAYDE, Angela Helen→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2008-01-30
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MCSWAYDE, Michael Brian→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2008-01-30
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Recent filings (64 total)
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2024-10-31
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2024-02-21
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2023-10-31
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2023-01-30
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officers · CH01
2023-01-24
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