MCDONALD WATER STORAGE LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC023339 · ltd · incorporated 1945-06-11
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 10.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25290
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 10.3y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (57/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
105 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.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-16📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2019-12-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-08-06📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2018-08-03➕STEWART, David James appointeddirector
- 2017-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-14📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2016-01-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2004-03-23➖STEWART, Maureen Adams resigneddirector
- 2002-04-16➖STEWART, James Rae resigneddirector
- 2000-03-15➕STEWART, William Robertson appointedsecretary
- 2000-03-15➖STEWART, James Rae resignedsecretary
- 1992-10-23➕STEWART, Jamie Lorne appointeddirector
- 1945-06-11🏢Company incorporatedAs MCDONALD WATER STORAGE LTD
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 81 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr William Robertson Stewart Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Jamie Lorne Stewart Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1945-06-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25290 — SIC 25290
Registered office
Flemington Road
Queensway Industrial Estate
Glenrothes
Fife
KY7 5QF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last: 2025-12-16
Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)
STEWART, William Robertson→
Activesecretary · appointed 2000-03-15
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STEWART, David James→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2018-08-03
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STEWART, Jamie Lorne→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 1992-10-23
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Active
STEWART, James Rae→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2000-03-15
STEWART, James Rae→
Resigneddirector · ~99y · resigned 2002-04-16
STEWART, Maureen Adams→
Resigneddirector · ~95y · resigned 2004-03-23
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 11/01/2016 | — |
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Recent filings (105 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-16
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-12-27