M2H INDUSTRIES LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC399437 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-12
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£284.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -31% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 £284,409
Net assets shrinking
Down £229,047 YoY
Cash YoY
-31%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£69k
↓ 31% YoY
Net Worth
£284k
↓ 45% YoY
Current Assets
£467k
↓ 9.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£104k£207k£311k£415k£519kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£284.4k£513.5k
Current assets£467.2k£518.6k
Cash£69.2k£100.6k
Debtors£398.0k£418.0k
Net assets£284.4k£513.5k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-12
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    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  2. 2025-09-23
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-06-06
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  4. 2024-11-13
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    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-11-12
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  6. 2024-09-25
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  7. 2024-06-10
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    capital · SH03
  8. 2024-03-31
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    HAMILTON, Sheila resigned
    director
  9. 2023-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  10. 2022-09-26
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  11. 2021-09-28
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  12. 2021-01-14
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  13. 2019-09-20
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  14. 2018-10-04
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  15. 2017-10-04
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  16. 2017-03-27
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  17. 2011-11-07
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    KENNETT, Charles Jonathan resigned
    director
  18. 2011-11-07
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    KENNETT, Janet resigned
    director
  19. 2011-05-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As M2H INDUSTRIES LTD
  20. 2011-05-12
    ➕
    MACKILLOP, Colin Hugh appointed
    director
  21. 2011-05-12
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Stephen Frank appointed
    director
  22. 2011-05-12
    ➕
    HAMILTON, Sheila appointed
    director
  23. 2011-05-12
    ➕
    KENNETT, Charles Jonathan appointed
    director
  24. 2011-05-12
    ➕
    KENNETT, Janet 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

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 68. 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 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 Louise Mackillop
Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Jayshree Mitchell
Individual · British · DOB 01/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John Hamiltonceased 29/03/2024· 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-05-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

River Drive
Inchinnan Business Park
Inchinnan
PA4 9RT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-30
Last: 2026-03-16

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MACKILLOP, Colin Hugh→
director · ~64y · appointed 2011-05-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MITCHELL, Stephen Frank→
director · ~68y · appointed 2011-05-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAMILTON, Sheila→
director · ~76y · appointed 2011-05-12 · resigned 2024-03-31
Resigned
KENNETT, Charles Jonathan→
director · ~79y · appointed 2011-05-12 · resigned 2011-11-07
Resigned
KENNETT, Janet→
director · ~75y · appointed 2011-05-12 · resigned 2011-11-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-13
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-28