MONZIE JOINERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC063496 · ltd · incorporated 1977-11-17
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 35.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Joinery installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 85). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 35.2y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 35.2 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 (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
108 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.

Key financials

1 year 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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-06-30
Average employees300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-09-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-11-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2016-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 1992-12-04
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    MAITLAND MAKGILL CRICHTON, David appointed
    secretary
  17. 1992-12-04
    ➖
    CRICHTON, Isla Susan Maitland Makgill resigned
    secretary
  18. 1992-03-27
    ➕
    MAITLAND MAKGILL CRICHTON, David appointed
    director
  19. 1992-01-20
    ➖
    CRICHTON, Charles Maitland Makgill resigned
    director
  20. 1991-11-01
    ➖
    FERGUSON, Leslie Neil resigned
    director
  21. 1991-02-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 1989-10-01
    ➕
    FERGUSON, Leslie Neil appointed
    director
  23. 1977-11-17
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    Company incorporated
    As MONZIE JOINERY LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 48 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Maitland Makgill Crichton
Individual · British · DOB 09/1972 · age 54
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest16/11/2016
Mrs Isla Susan Maitland Makgill Crichton
Individual · British · DOB 02/1941 · age 85
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest16/11/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr James Henry Youngerceased 21/11/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest

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
Incorporated1977-11-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

Monzie Castle
Crieff
Perthshire
PH7 4HD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last: 2025-11-16

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MAITLAND MAKGILL CRICHTON, David→
secretary · appointed 1992-12-04
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Active
CRICHTON, Isla Susan Maitland Makgill→
director · ~85y
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Active
MAITLAND MAKGILL CRICHTON, David→
director · ~54y · appointed 1992-03-27
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Active
CRICHTON, Isla Susan Maitland Makgill→
secretary · resigned 1992-12-04
Resigned
CRICHTON, Charles Maitland Makgill→
director · ~84y · resigned 1992-01-20
Resigned
FERGUSON, Leslie Neil→
director · ~78y · appointed 1989-10-01 · resigned 1991-11-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property06/02/1991—
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Recent filings (108 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-21