MASONS MORTAR HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC702043 · ltd · incorporated 2021-06-18
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees00

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

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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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-11
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2023-07-11
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  6. 2023-03-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-03-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-19
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2021-07-14
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2021-06-18
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    Company incorporated
    As MASONS MORTAR HOLDINGS LIMITED
  12. 2021-06-18
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Andrew Paul appointed
    director
  13. 2021-06-18
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Carolyn Ramsay appointed
    director
  14. 2021-06-18
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Douglas appointed
    director
  15. 2021-06-18
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Stuart David appointed
    director
  16. 2021-06-18
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2021-06-18
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — JOHNSTON, Andrew Paul (same surname) appointed 2021-06-18. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

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

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-06-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Registered office

Block 2 Woodend Industrial Estate
Cowdenbeath
Fife
KY4 8HW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-04
Last: 2025-07-21

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

JOHNSTON, Andrew Paul→
director · ~49y · appointed 2021-06-18
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Active
JOHNSTON, Carolyn Ramsay→
director · ~76y · appointed 2021-06-18
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Active
JOHNSTON, Douglas→
director · ~74y · appointed 2021-06-18
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Active
JOHNSTON, Stuart David→
director · ~54y · appointed 2021-06-18
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Active

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Recent filings (17 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-02
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-07-11
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-07-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-21
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-07-19
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-07-14