MANNERSTON INVESTMENTS LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC778442 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-08
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Fund management activities
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
13 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2025-09-16📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-03-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-05➕MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2024-06-05📄appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP04
- 2023-12-19📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-12-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-12-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-12-18📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-08-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-08-08🏢Company incorporatedAs MANNERSTON INVESTMENTS LIMITED
- 2023-08-08➕EVANS, David Eric appointedsecretary
- 2023-08-08➕EVANS, David Eric appointeddirector
- 2023-08-08➕WHITE, Stewart, Dr appointeddirector
- 2023-08-08📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Young company: Only 2.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-08-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC66300 — Fund management activities
Registered office
38 Mannerston Holdings
Linlithgow
EH49 7ND
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-21
Last: 2025-08-07
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
Active
MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2024-06-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
EVANS, David Eric→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2023-08-08
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WHITE, Stewart, Dr→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2023-08-08
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Recent filings (13 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2025-09-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-07
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2024-06-05
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-12-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-12-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-18
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-12-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-10
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-08