RICHARD F. MACKAY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC022703 · ltd · incorporated 1944-03-10
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£248.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of carpets, rugs, wall and floor coverings in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47599Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -39% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 34.6y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 34.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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, 2 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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
111 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £248,110
Cash YoY
-39%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£349
↓ 39% YoY
Net Worth
£248k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£2.2m
↑ 9.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£430k£860k£1.3m£1.7m£2.2mFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£370.8k£416.7k
Current assets£2.15M£1.96M
Cash£349£576
Debtors£1.30M£1.03M
Net assets£248.1k£246.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
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  4. 2022-11-29
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  5. 2021-11-30
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  6. 2020-12-30
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  7. 2020-05-18
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  8. 2020-05-05
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  9. 2019-11-29
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  10. 2018-11-28
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  11. 2017-11-29
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  12. 2016-11-29
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  13. 2016-03-02
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  14. 2015-11-27
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  15. 2015-02-04
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  16. 2014-11-20
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  17. 2014-02-12
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    MACKAY, Elspeth appointed
    secretary
  18. 2014-02-12
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    MACKAY, Scott James resigned
    secretary
  19. 2014-02-12
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    MACKAY, Elspeth resigned
    director
  20. 2014-02-12
    ➖
    MACKAY, Richard resigned
    director
  21. 2010-12-30
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    MCGHEE, Hamish resigned
    director
  22. 2010-02-28
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    MCGHEE, Hamish appointed
    director
  23. 1997-09-08
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    Charge satisfied #1
  24. 1997-08-21
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    MACKAY, Richard F resigned
    secretary
  25. 1997-08-21
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    MACKAY, Scott James appointed
    secretary
  26. 1994-05-28
    ➖
    STEWART, Gordon B resigned
    director
  27. 1991-09-30
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    MACKAY, Rick Francis appointed
    director
  28. 1991-09-30
    ➕
    MACKAY, Scott James appointed
    director
  29. 1991-09-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  30. 1944-03-10
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    Company incorporated
    As RICHARD F. MACKAY LIMITED

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 "MACKAY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — 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 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 82 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.)

Group structure

Richard F Mackay (House Furnishers) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Richard F Mackay (House Furnishers) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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RICHARD F. MACKAY LIMITED
This company · SC022703

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Richard F Mackay (House Furnishers) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated1944-03-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47530 — Retail sale of carpets, rugs, wall and floor coverings in specialised stores

Registered office

60 Stevenson Road
Murrayfield
Edinburgh
EH11 2SG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

MACKAY, Elspeth→
secretary · appointed 2014-02-12
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Active
MACKAY, Rick Francis→
director · ~60y · appointed 1991-09-30
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Active
MACKAY, Scott James→
director · ~58y · appointed 1991-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKAY, Richard F→
secretary · resigned 1997-08-21
Resigned
MACKAY, Scott James→
secretary · appointed 1997-08-21 · resigned 2014-02-12
Resigned
MACKAY, Elspeth→
director · ~87y · resigned 2014-02-12
Resigned
MACKAY, Richard→
director · ~91y · resigned 2014-02-12
Resigned
MCGHEE, Hamish→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-02-28 · resigned 2010-12-30
Resigned
STEWART, Gordon B→
director · ~78y · resigned 1994-05-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—05/05/2020—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property27/09/199108/09/1997
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Recent filings (111 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
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2025-11-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
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accounts · AA
2024-11-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-02
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accounts · AA
2023-11-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-22
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2022-11-29
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2022-02-21
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2021-11-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-01
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accounts · AA
2020-12-30
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mortgage · MR01
2020-05-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-29