MIAM HOLDINGS LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC778681 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-10
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 2024
Net worth
£-11.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of property unit trusts
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £11,010
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£11k
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £-11.0k |
| Net assets | £-11.0k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
- 2025-04-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-20📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-03-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Braidfield Battery Storage Limited
- 2023-09-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-09-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-09-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-08-10🏢Company incorporatedAs MIAM HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2023-08-10➕DRUMMOND, Moira appointeddirector
- 2023-08-10➕MORELAND, Ian appointeddirector
- 2023-08-10➕MORELAND, Maureen Biggart appointeddirector
- 2023-08-10➕ROSS, Anne Young appointeddirector
- 2023-08-10📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
68/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 79 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 2.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
20/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MORELAND, Ian (same surname) appointed 2023-08-10. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Maureen Biggart Moreland Individual · British · DOB 12/1947 · age 79 | 50–75% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 10/08/2023 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-08-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64305 — Activities of property unit trusts
Registered office
Braidfield Farm
Hargate
Clydebank
G81 5RA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-23
Last: 2025-08-09
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
DRUMMOND, Moira→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2023-08-10
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MORELAND, Ian→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2023-08-10
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MORELAND, Maureen Biggart→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 2023-08-10
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ROSS, Anne Young→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2023-08-10
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Braidfield Battery Storage Braidfield Battery Storage Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 13/03/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (8 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-23
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-21
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-10