STRATHCLYDE HYDRAULICS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC070959 · ltd · incorporated 1980-03-20
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 45.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Repair of machinery
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). 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
2 live charges · oldest 45.1y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 45.1 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 (55/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
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
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-07-14📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-05➕MCINALLY, Jacqueline appointeddirector
- 2024-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-07-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-07-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-07-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-07-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-07-07📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-07-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-04-01➕MCINALLY, James Cameron appointeddirector
- 2019-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2013-10-16➖MCINALLY, James Carroll resigneddirector
- 1996-12-31➖RICHMOND, Adam Haldane Galbraith resigneddirector
- 1993-06-28🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1981-07-20🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Tennent Caledonian Breweries LTD
- 1981-04-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Tennent Caledonian Breweries LTD
- 1980-03-20🏢Company incorporatedAs STRATHCLYDE HYDRAULICS LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr James Cameron Mcinally Individual · British · DOB 11/1982 · age 44 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 05/03/2020 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr James Munto Gibsonceased 05/06/2025· 25-50% shares
- Mr Adam Haldane Galbraith Richmondceased 05/03/2020· 25-50% shares
- Mr James Carroll Mcinallyceased 28/07/2016· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1980-03-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery
Registered office
37 Portland Road
Kilmarnock
Ayrshire
KA1 2DJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-19
Last: 2025-07-05
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
Active
Active
MCINALLY, Jacqueline→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2025-06-05
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MCINALLY, James Cameron→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2020-04-01
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MCINALLY, James Carroll→
Resigneddirector · ~84y · resigned 2013-10-16
RICHMOND, Adam Haldane Galbraith→
Resigneddirector · ~89y · resigned 1996-12-31
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Tennent Caledonian Breweries Tennent Caledonian Breweries LTD | Standard security | 1 property | 20/07/1981 | — | |
| satisfied | Tennent Caledonian Breweries Tennent Caledonian Breweries LTD | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 06/04/1981 | 28/06/1993 |
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Recent filings (98 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-09