MANTRA HOLDINGS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC511922 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-30
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£319.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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 (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 £319,871

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£320k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£397k
↑ 8.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£79k£159k£238k£318k£397kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£319.9k£289.2k
Current assets£397.5k£365.9k
Net assets£319.9k£289.2k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-02-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-02-24
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2024-04-30
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  7. 2023-04-30
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  8. 2022-04-30
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  9. 2021-04-30
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  10. 2020-04-29
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  11. 2019-04-30
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  12. 2018-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-02-02
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    SIBBALD, Alexander Marshall appointed
    director
  14. 2018-02-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2018-02-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2018-02-02
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  17. 2017-04-13
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-12-30
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    SIBBALD, Robin Armstrong appointed
    director
  19. 2015-12-30
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    STEVENSON, Thomas Gordon resigned
    director
  20. 2015-07-30
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    Company incorporated
    As MANTRA HOLDINGS LTD
  21. 2015-07-30
    ➕
    STEVENSON, Thomas Gordon appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Mr Alexander Marshall Sibbald
Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares02/02/2018
Mr Robin Armstrong Sibbald
Individual · British · DOB 09/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-07-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Craigieburn Farm
Lochgreen Road
Falkirk
FK1 3AQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-25
Last: 2026-01-11

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

SIBBALD, Alexander Marshall→
director · ~67y · appointed 2018-02-02
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Active
SIBBALD, Robin Armstrong→
director · ~51y · appointed 2015-12-30
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Active
STEVENSON, Thomas Gordon→
director · ~63y · appointed 2015-07-30 · resigned 2015-12-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (33 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-20