MCMENON ENGINEERING SERVICES (ASIA) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC613614 · ltd · incorporated 2018-11-14
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
21 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.

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Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £1

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£1
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-30
Total assets£1
Net assets£1

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  3. 2025-12-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-11-17
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  5. 2025-11-05
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2025-09-04
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-12-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-12-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-09
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  10. 2022-11-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-05-17
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2021-06-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-09-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-11-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MCMENON ENGINEERING SERVICES (ASIA) LIMITED
  15. 2018-11-14
    INFINITY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  16. 2018-11-14
    PUTHRAN, Anand Balaji appointed
    director
  17. 2018-11-14
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Mcmenon Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Mcmenon Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
MCMENON ENGINEERING SERVICES (ASIA) LIMITED
This company · SC613614

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mcmenon Group Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75-100% shares26/11/2025
Mr Anand Balaji Puthran
Individual · British · DOB 08/1976 · age 50
sig. influencesignificant influence14/11/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mcmenon Associates Limitedceased 26/11/2025· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2018-11-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

5 Carden Place
Aberdeen
AB10 1UT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last: 2025-11-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

INFINITY SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2018-11-14
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Active
PUTHRAN, Anand Balaji
director · ~50y · appointed 2018-11-14
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Active

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Recent filings (21 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-12-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-03
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-11-17
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-11-05
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-03
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-05-17