ANDREW MCDICKEN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC034095 · ltd · incorporated 1959-06-18
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 21.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£8.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 21.0y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.0 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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
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
110 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £8,675
Net assets shrinking
Down £14,159 YoY
Cash YoY
-10%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£29k
↓ 9.9% YoY
Net Worth
£9k
↓ 62% YoY
Current Assets
£166k
↓ 9.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£36k£73k£109k£146k£182kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£49.4k£87.9k
Current assets£165.8k£182.3k
Cash£28.8k£31.9k
Debtors£127.3k£140.0k
Net assets£8.7k£22.8k

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

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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 (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-04
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  2. 2024-11-13
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  3. 2024-02-27
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  4. 2024-01-22
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  5. 2023-12-11
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  7. 2023-12-11
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  8. 2023-01-23
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  9. 2022-01-14
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  10. 2020-10-27
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  11. 2019-12-20
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  12. 2019-08-20
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  13. 2018-08-24
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  14. 2018-06-09
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    mortgage · MR04
  15. 2018-06-09
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    Charge satisfied #1
  16. 2017-12-11
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2006-10-31
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    JOHNSTON, Peter Stewart appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-10-04
    ➖
    FRASER, James Roy Anderson resigned
    secretary
  19. 2006-10-04
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    FRASER, James Roy Anderson resigned
    director
  20. 2005-04-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 1999-11-15
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    FRASER, Graeme Alistair appointed
    director
  22. 1999-11-15
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Peter Stewart appointed
    director
  23. 1999-11-15
    ➕
    FRASER, James Roy Anderson appointed
    secretary
  24. 1999-11-15
    ➖
    JOHNSTON, Alexander Heggie resigned
    secretary
  25. 1999-11-15
    ➖
    JOHNSTON, Alexander Heggie resigned
    director
  26. 1991-03-01
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    JOHNSTON, Alexander Heggie appointed
    secretary
  27. 1991-03-01
    ➖
    THOMSON, Donald resigned
    secretary
  28. 1991-03-01
    ➖
    THOMSON, Donald resigned
    director
  29. 1959-06-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANDREW MCDICKEN LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 67 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 Graeme Alistair Fraser
Individual · British · DOB 06/1972 · age 54
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mr Peter Stewart Johnston
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
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
Incorporated1959-06-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46380 — Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Registered office

Unit D16 Fishmarket
Blochairn Road
Glasgow
G21 2DU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last: 2025-12-15

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

JOHNSTON, Peter Stewart→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FRASER, Graeme Alistair→
director · ~54y · appointed 1999-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHNSTON, Peter Stewart→
director · ~63y · appointed 1999-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FRASER, James Roy Anderson→
secretary · appointed 1999-11-15 · resigned 2006-10-04
Resigned
JOHNSTON, Alexander Heggie→
secretary · appointed 1991-03-01 · resigned 1999-11-15
Resigned
THOMSON, Donald→
secretary · resigned 1991-03-01
Resigned
FRASER, James Roy Anderson→
director · ~82y · resigned 2006-10-04
Resigned
JOHNSTON, Alexander Heggie→
director · ~92y · resigned 1999-11-15
Resigned
THOMSON, Donald→
director · resigned 1991-03-01
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 property14/04/200509/06/2018

Recent filings (110 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-13
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-11
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-15