LUCE BAY PLANT HIRE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC060031 · ltd · incorporated 1976-05-19
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 47.2y 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: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 47.2y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 47.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
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
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-10-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-01-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-01-08📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2020-01-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-01-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-31➖MCINTOSH, John James resigneddirector
- 2019-07-31➖MCINTOSH, Rosemary resigneddirector
- 2018-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-17➖MCINTOSH, John resigneddirector
- 2015-08-20➖MCINTOSH, Rosemary resignedsecretary
- 1998-02-11➕MCINTOSH, Adam Torrance appointeddirector
- 1998-02-11➕MCINTOSH, Alistair Boyd appointeddirector
- 1998-02-11➕MCINTOSH, John James appointeddirector
- 1979-02-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
- 1976-05-19🏢Company incorporatedAs LUCE BAY PLANT HIRE LIMITED
Owner dependency
84/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
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 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 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 50 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 Alastair Boyd Mcintosh Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 31/07/2019 |
Mr Adam Torrence Mcintosh Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 31/07/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1976-05-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Droughduil Farm
Dunragit
Stranraer
Wigtownshire
DG9 8QA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-28
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-16
Last: 2025-11-02
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
MCINTOSH, Adam Torrance→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 1998-02-11
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MCINTOSH, Alistair Boyd→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 1998-02-11
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MCINTOSH, Rosemary→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2015-08-20
MCINTOSH, John James→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 1998-02-11 · resigned 2019-07-31
MCINTOSH, John→
Resigneddirector · ~94y · resigned 2016-10-17
MCINTOSH, Rosemary→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · resigned 2019-07-31
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Floating charge | 1 property | 16/02/1979 | — |
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Recent filings (110 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-26