EDWARD MINTO & SON LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC666985 · ltd · incorporated 2020-07-09
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 Jul 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyright works
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31

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
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-05
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-05-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-15
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-05-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-15
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2021-10-15
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-08-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-07-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As EDWARD MINTO & SON LIMITED
  10. 2020-07-09
    MCCUSKER, Andrew James appointed
    director
  11. 2020-07-09
    📄
    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 6 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

1 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-30

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew James Mccusker
Individual · Scottish · DOB 06/1977 · age 49
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control09/07/2020

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
Incorporated2020-07-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC77400 — Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyright works

Registered office

48 2/3 West George Street
Glasgow
G2 1BP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-22
Last: 2025-07-08

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MCCUSKER, Andrew James
director · ~49y · appointed 2020-07-09
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Recent filings (14 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-25
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-07-09