DONALD MACKENZIE LIMITED

📈Growthactive
SC058445 · ltd · incorporated 1975-08-25
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 42.0y

45/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 42.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (6 active, 12 linked, 10 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
118 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £380,341

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Profit before tax£380.3k£301.0k
Average employees52005300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-11
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    FORBES, James resigned
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  2. 2025-08-11
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  3. 2025-06-26
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  4. 2024-06-13
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  5. 2023-08-01
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  6. 2022-10-12
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  7. 2021-10-12
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  8. 2021-10-07
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  9. 2021-10-07
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  10. 2021-10-07
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    Charge satisfied #3
  11. 2021-10-07
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    Charge satisfied #2
  12. 2021-01-12
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  13. 2019-10-29
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  14. 2019-05-10
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    GRAHAM, Stephen appointed
    director
  15. 2019-05-10
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  16. 2019-05-01
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  17. 2019-03-31
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    BEATON, John resigned
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  18. 2018-10-29
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  19. 2017-06-14
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  20. 2016-11-03
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  21. 2016-03-31
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    MACKENZIE, Dugald George appointed
    secretary
  22. 2016-03-31
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    MACKENZIE, Catherine Younie resigned
    secretary
  23. 2016-03-31
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    MACKENZIE, Catherine Younie resigned
    director
  24. 2014-12-01
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    MACKENZIE, David Donald appointed
    director
  25. 2014-12-01
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    MACKENZIE, Rory Callum appointed
    director
  26. 2010-02-01
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    MACAULEY, John appointed
    director
  27. 2010-02-01
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    BEATON, John appointed
    director
  28. 2000-02-26
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    MACKENZIE, Donald resigned
    director
  29. 1999-04-26
    ➖
    GUNN, George resigned
    director
  30. 1994-01-01
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    FORBES, James appointed
    director
  31. 1992-07-15
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Nws Trust Limited
  32. 1991-02-01
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    MACKENZIE, Dugald George appointed
    director
  33. 1987-07-15
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: N W S Trust LTD
  34. 1984-05-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  35. 1975-08-25
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    Company incorporated
    As DONALD MACKENZIE LIMITED

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MACKENZIE" — 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 51 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Dugald George Mackenzie
Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/06/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1975-08-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

62 Seafield Road
Inverness
IV1 1SG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-29
Last: 2026-01-15

Officers (6 active · 6 resigned)

MACKENZIE, Dugald George→
secretary · appointed 2016-03-31
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Active
GRAHAM, Stephen→
director · ~52y · appointed 2019-05-10
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Active
MACAULEY, John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-02-01
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Active
MACKENZIE, David Donald→
director · ~37y · appointed 2014-12-01
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Active
MACKENZIE, Dugald George→
director · ~68y · appointed 1991-02-01
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Active
MACKENZIE, Rory Callum→
director · ~40y · appointed 2014-12-01
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Active
MACKENZIE, Catherine Younie→
secretary · resigned 2016-03-31
Resigned
BEATON, John→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-02-01 · resigned 2019-03-31
Resigned
FORBES, James→
director · ~86y · appointed 1994-01-01 · resigned 2025-08-11
Resigned
GUNN, George→
director · ~86y · resigned 1999-04-26
Resigned
MACKENZIE, Catherine Younie→
director · ~91y · resigned 2016-03-31
Resigned
MACKENZIE, Donald→
director · ~101y · resigned 2000-02-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Nws Trust
Nws Trust Limited
Bond & floating charge1 property15/07/199207/10/2021
satisfied
N W S Trust
N W S Trust LTD
Bond & floating charge1 property15/07/198707/10/2021
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property09/05/1984—
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Recent filings (118 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-12
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-10-07
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-12