MACTAGGART, SCOTT & COMPANY LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

SC055532 · ltd · incorporated 1974-04-26

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.

Opportunity decay

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Apr 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 28120

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

28131SIC 28131
28220SIC 28220
28990SIC 28990

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

27 officers (10 active, 27 linked, 24 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

144 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Loss-making

Loss before tax £3,831,727

Slipped into loss

Moved from profit to loss this year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Profit before tax	£-3.83M	£1.53M
Average employees	415	38800

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 address
• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (59 events)Click to expand

2026-01-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-22
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-09
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-06
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officers · AP01
2026-01-05
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PRENTER, Robin Michael Patrick appointed
director
2025-02-24
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officers · TM01
2025-02-23
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VENMAN, Marion Shepherd resigned
director
2025-01-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-01
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WADDELL, Andrew Alan Wallace appointed
director
2024-05-01
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VENMAN, Marion Shepherd appointed
director
2024-02-29
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-24
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WADDELL, Graham Herbert Wallace resigned
director
2023-01-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-05
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MANN, Christopher George Laurenson appointed
director
2022-01-05
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RITCHIE, Stuart John appointed
director
2021-12-31
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SHANKS, Brian resigned
director
2021-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-06-25
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ROBINSON, Gary resigned
director
2021-01-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-03-30
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GRANT, Ronald Arthur, Mr. resigned
director
2017-11-24
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DAVIDSON, Gary Alan appointed
director
2017-11-13
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PLOWMAN, Alistair John resigned
director
2017-03-31
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MILROY, William Louis appointed
director
2016-03-07
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ROBINSON, Gary appointed
director
2016-02-22
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TUFF, Alexander appointed
director
2015-12-17
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MERRITT, George Moore resigned
director
2015-07-31
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BOOTON, Glyn Arthur, Mr. resigned
director
2010-11-01
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WADDELL, Graham Herbert Wallace appointed
director
2009-12-18
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DEREHAM, Orme Giles resigned
director
2009-12-18
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PRENTER, Patrick Robert resigned
director
2009-12-18
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THOMSON, Balfour resigned
director
2009-05-01
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BOOTON, Glyn Arthur, Mr. appointed
director
2008-09-01
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SHANKS, Brian appointed
director
2006-12-15
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CAMPION, Gordon Pearson resigned
director
2004-11-24
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MERRITT, George Moore appointed
director
2003-12-23
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CRAIG, Thomas Moodie resigned
director
2001-06-18
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PLOWMAN, Alistair John appointed
director
2001-01-01
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PRENTER, Richard Gibson Scott appointed
secretary
2001-01-01
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MORTON FRASER resigned
corporate-secretary
2001-01-01
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BIRD, Robert resigned
director
2001-01-01
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THOMSON, Balfour appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 59 events

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 low

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Group structure

Mactaggart Scott (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Mactaggart Scott (Holdings) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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MACTAGGART, SCOTT & COMPANY LIMITED

This company · SC055532

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mactaggart Scott (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1974-04-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC28120 — SIC 28120

Registered office

. Hunter Avenue

Loanhead

EH20 9SL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-06

Last: 2025-11-22