A.R. MCCONNELL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05017507 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-16
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Dispensing chemist in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 22.1y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees12001200

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
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-08-08
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  3. 2023-12-18
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  4. 2022-12-15
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  5. 2022-11-25
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  6. 2022-11-25
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  7. 2022-11-25
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  8. 2021-11-15
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  9. 2020-08-07
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  10. 2019-07-29
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  11. 2018-08-29
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  12. 2017-09-27
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  13. 2016-08-16
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  14. 2016-02-05
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-07-09
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2008-04-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2004-04-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  18. 2004-01-16
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    Company incorporated
    As A.R. MCCONNELL LIMITED
  19. 2004-01-16
    ➕
    MCCONNELL, Louise Ellen appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-01-16
    ➕
    MCCONNELL, Alisdair Richard appointed
    director
  21. 2004-01-16
    ➕
    MCCONNELL, Louise Ellen appointed
    director
  22. 2004-01-16
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    RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-01-16
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    RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2004-01-16
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    RWL DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2004-01-16
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    RWL DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

99/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MCCONNELL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alisdair Richard Mcconnell
Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Louise Ellen Mcconnell
Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-01-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47730 — Dispensing chemist in specialised stores

Registered office

5 Pollards Drive
Bishop Auckland
County Durham
DL14 6UE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-27
Last: 2025-12-13

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MCCONNELL, Louise Ellen→
secretary · appointed 2004-01-16
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Active
MCCONNELL, Alisdair Richard→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-01-16
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Active
MCCONNELL, Louise Ellen→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-01-16 · resigned 2004-01-16
Resigned
RWL DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2004-01-16 · resigned 2004-01-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
Deed of assignment of life policy1 property23/04/2008—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Debenture1 property08/04/2004—
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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-11-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-07