MOUNTAIN MEDIA PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC364948 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-02
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18202
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 58110Book publishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
44 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees300300

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  4. 2023-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2019-09-11
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    ELSE, James appointed
    director
  11. 2019-09-11
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-11-30
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    accounts · AA01
  13. 2018-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-10-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-09-30
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    MCNEISH, Cameron resigned
    director
  18. 2015-09-30
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    MCNEISH, Georgina Lamont resigned
    director
  19. 2009-09-02
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    Company incorporated
    As MOUNTAIN MEDIA PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
  20. 2009-09-02
    ➕
    ELSE, Cecily Margaret appointed
    director
  21. 2009-09-02
    ➕
    ELSE, Richard James appointed
    director
  22. 2009-09-02
    ➕
    MCNEISH, Cameron appointed
    director
  23. 2009-09-02
    ➕
    MCNEISH, Georgina Lamont appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Else
Individual · British · DOB 05/1980 · age 46
25–50%
—25-50% shares21/11/2019
Mrs Cecily Margaret Else
Individual · British · DOB 03/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—sig. influence25-50% shares · significant influence02/09/2016
Mr Richard James Else
Individual · British · DOB 10/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—sig. influence25-50% shares · significant influence02/09/2016

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
Incorporated2009-09-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC18202 — SIC 18202

Registered office

The Birches
Old Glen Road
Newtonmore
PH20 1EB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-16
Last: 2025-09-02

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ELSE, Cecily Margaret→
director · ~74y · appointed 2009-09-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ELSE, James→
director · ~46y · appointed 2019-09-11
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Active
ELSE, Richard James→
director · ~75y · appointed 2009-09-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCNEISH, Cameron→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-09-02 · resigned 2015-09-30
Resigned
MCNEISH, Georgina Lamont→
director · ~78y · appointed 2009-09-02 · resigned 2015-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-09-14