MORRISON & MACDONALD (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC063505 · ltd · incorporated 1977-11-18
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£332.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -41% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 37.7y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 37.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
96 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £332,141
Net assets shrinking
Down £33,375 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 41% YoY
Cash YoY
-41%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£104k
↓ 41% YoY
Net Worth
£332k
↓ 9.1% YoY
Current Assets
£235k
↓ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £332.6k | £366.1k |
| Current assets | £235.4k | £318.3k |
| Cash | £104.5k | £176.8k |
| Debtors | £128.9k | £139.5k |
| Net assets | £332.1k | £365.5k |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-04-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-05-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-24➖SMITH, Ishbel Mary resigneddirector
- 2024-01-24📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-08-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-05-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-11-02➖MACDONALD, John Macnair resigneddirector
- 2019-06-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-08-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2013-09-27🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1988-08-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1977-11-18🏢Company incorporatedAs MORRISON & MACDONALD (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Owner dependency
96/100
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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MACDONALD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 48 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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 Robert Alasdair Macdonald Individual · British · DOB 10/1955 · age 71 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 30/06/2016 |
Mr Iain Duncan Macdonald Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 30/06/2016 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Isobel Jean Macdonaldceased 10/03/2026· 50-75% shares
- Mrs Ishbel Mary Smithceased 24/01/2024· 25-50% shares
- Mr John Macnair Macdonaldceased 02/11/2019· 50-75% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1977-11-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990
Registered office
63 Murray Street
Paisley
PA3 1QW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-28
Last: 2025-08-14
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
MACDONALD, John Macnair→
Resigneddirector · ~96y · resigned 2019-11-02
SMITH, Ishbel Mary→
Resigneddirector · ~102y · resigned 2024-01-24
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 22/08/1988 | 27/09/2013 |
Recent filings (96 total)
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-08-19