ARCHIBALD MACINNES AND COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC031316 · ltd · incorporated 1956-02-17
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 28.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£1.24M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security dealing on own account
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). 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 28.2y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
100 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 £1,236,191
Net assets shrinking
Down £16,020 YoY
Cash YoY
-14%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£41k
↓ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£1.2m
↓ 1.3% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£250k£501k£751k£1.0m£1.3mApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Total assets£1.31M£1.32M
Cash£40.9k£47.3k
Net assets£1.24M£1.25M

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-04
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  2. 2024-11-25
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  3. 2023-12-07
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  4. 2022-12-12
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  5. 2021-12-13
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  6. 2021-10-04
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    address · AD01
  7. 2021-10-04
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    address · AD01
  8. 2021-02-24
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  9. 2019-12-10
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  10. 2018-11-18
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  11. 2017-12-22
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  12. 2016-11-30
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  13. 2015-12-12
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  14. 2015-10-29
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  15. 2013-08-07
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    MCCALLUM, Alexa Gray resigned
    director
  16. 2013-06-03
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2010-12-28
    ➕
    MACINNES, Kerrie Elizabeth appointed
    director
  18. 2008-03-13
    ➕
    MACINNES, Duncan Calum, Dr appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-03-12
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    MACINNES, Duncan resigned
    secretary
  20. 2008-03-12
    ➖
    MACINNES, Duncan resigned
    director
  21. 2005-09-20
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    MACINNES, Archibald Neil, Dr resigned
    director
  22. 1998-04-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 1991-12-28
    ➕
    MACINNES, Archibald Neil, Dr appointed
    director
  24. 1956-02-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARCHIBALD MACINNES AND COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MACINNES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 70 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Duncan Calum Macinnes
Individual · British · DOB 01/1954 · age 72
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
Incorporated1956-02-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64991 — Security dealing on own account

Registered office

525 525 High Street
Newarthill
Motherwell
ML1 5SP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-15
Last: 2025-12-01

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

MACINNES, Duncan Calum, Dr→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-13
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Active
MACINNES, Donald Angus, Dr→
director · ~76y
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Active
MACINNES, Duncan Calum, Dr→
director · ~72y
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Active
MACINNES, Kerrie Elizabeth→
director · ~74y · appointed 2010-12-28
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Active
MACINNES, Duncan→
secretary · resigned 2008-03-12
Resigned
MACINNES, Archibald Neil, Dr→
director · ~78y · appointed 1991-12-28 · resigned 2005-09-20
Resigned
MACINNES, Duncan→
director · ~111y · resigned 2008-03-12
Resigned
MCCALLUM, Alexa Gray→
director · ~109y · resigned 2013-08-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property13/04/199803/06/2013

Recent filings (100 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-14