MCS BUILDING LTD
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-28 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-8.8k | £-3.2k |
| Current assets | £248 | £281 |
| Net assets | £-11.9k | £-7.9k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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
- • 1 gazette
- • 1 dissolution
- • 1 gazette
- • 1 dissolution
- • 1 gazette
- • 1 dissolution
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-26📄gazette-notice-voluntarygazette · GAZ1(A)
- 2026-05-18📄dissolution-application-strike-off-companydissolution · DS01
- 2025-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-01📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-15📄dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspendeddissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
- 2024-04-30📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-10-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2014-02-14🏢Company incorporatedAs MCS BUILDING LTD
- 2014-02-14➕MARTIN, Joyce Caroline appointeddirector
- 2014-02-14➕VALAITIS, Peter Anthony appointeddirector
- 2014-02-14➖VALAITIS, Peter Anthony resigneddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Joyce Caroline Martin Individual · British · DOB 12/1958 · age 68 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 14/02/2017 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
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