M & S FIRE PROTECTION (GLASGOW) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC077023 · ltd · incorporated 1981-12-18
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 42.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£341.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, 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 42.6y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 42.6 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 (79/100)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
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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
98 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £341,333
Net assets shrinking
Down £14,543 YoY
Cash YoY
+8%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£245k
↑ 7.8% YoY
Net Worth
£341k
↓ 4.1% YoY
Current Assets
£493k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £341.3k | £361.2k |
| Current assets | £493.4k | £418.0k |
| Cash | £245.4k | £227.8k |
| Debtors | £212.6k | £156.4k |
| Net assets | £341.3k | £355.9k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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 (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-07-10➖STIRLING, James resigneddirector
- 2023-07-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-16📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-09-15📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-09-15📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2003-04-01➕MCMAHON, Michael Gerard appointedsecretary
- 2003-03-31➖MCMAHON, William John resignedsecretary
- 2002-01-01➕MCMAHON, Michael Gerard appointeddirector
- 2002-01-01➕STIRLING, Derek appointeddirector
- 1983-10-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1981-12-18🏢Company incorporatedAs M & S FIRE PROTECTION (GLASGOW) LIMITED
Owner dependency
83/100
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
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 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
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Michael Mcmahon Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1981-12-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Unit 2, Hunter Road
Duchess Industrial Estate
Rutherglen
G73 1LB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-04
Last: 2025-08-21
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
MCMAHON, Michael Gerard→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-04-01
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MCMAHON, Michael Gerard→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2002-01-01
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Active
STIRLING, Derek→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2002-01-01
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MCMAHON, William John→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2003-03-31
STIRLING, James→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · resigned 2023-07-10
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 28/10/1983 | — |
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Recent filings (98 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-05-17