D MCNAIR (BUILDERS MERCHANTS) LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

SC089357 · ltd · incorporated 1984-08-21

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

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46130

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: conservative operator with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (85/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 27.0y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 27.0 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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (2 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

129 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £801,318

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Profit before tax	£801.3k	£1.11M
Average employees	69	7000

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 2 capital

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 capital
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 capital
• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2026-04-29
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2026-04-28
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2026-04-01
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officers · TM01
2026-03-31
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SANTI, David George resigned
director
2025-09-22
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accounts · AA
2024-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-13
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accounts · AA
2020-01-09
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address · AD01
2020-01-09
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address · AD01
2019-10-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-29
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2018-07-23
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capital · SH01
2018-07-23
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2015-06-03
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DOOHAN, John appointed
director
2014-04-30
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WALLACE, Grahame Stewart resigned
secretary
2014-04-30
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WALLACE, Grahame Stewart resigned
director
2013-08-14
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BALLANTYNE, Claire resigned
secretary
2013-08-14
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WALLACE, Grahame Stewart appointed
secretary
2004-06-30
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PATERSON, William resigned
director
2001-03-26
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SANTI, David George appointed
director
1999-06-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1999-05-12
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BALLANTYNE, Claire appointed
secretary
1999-05-12
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PATERSON, Margaret resigned
secretary
1999-05-12
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PATERSON, William resigned
secretary
1999-03-05
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WALLACE, Grahame Stewart appointed
director
1998-06-30
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MILLAR, Craig Alexander resigned
director
1998-01-05
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MILLAR, Craig Alexander appointed
director
1997-08-31
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SANTI, David George resigned
director
1996-04-01
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PATERSON, Margaret appointed
secretary
1994-08-09
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SANTI, David George appointed
director
1994-05-27
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STEWART, Duncan Dunlop resigned
director
1994-05-27
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STEWART, Duncan Fraser resigned
director
1984-08-21
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Company incorporated
As D MCNAIR (BUILDERS MERCHANTS) LIMITED

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

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.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Brian Ballantyne Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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SCO-FRO GROUP LIMITED→ SC057644 · est 1975	£2.74M £2.06M–£3.43M	—	—	20	51y	95	72y
ANDREW MCDICKEN LIMITED→ SC034095 · est 1959	—	—	£8.7k	—	66y	83	63y
ASTRA HYGIENE SUPPLIES LIMITED→ SC122088 · est 1989	—	—	£335.1k	—	36y	83	81y
BAYMED HEALTHCARE LTD.→ SC062673 · est 1977	—	—	£77.1k	—	48y	83	59y
CHAINBRIDGE STEEL (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→ SC320954 · est 2007 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	19y	83	63y
CLEANING & WIPING SUPPLIES LTD.→ SC204166 · est 2000	—	—	—	—	26y	83	77y
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1984-08-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46130 — SIC 46130

Registered office

Old Mill Park Glasgow Road

Kirkintilloch

Glasgow

G66 1SS

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-14

Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (2 active · 11 resigned)

BALLANTYNE, Brian→

director · ~63y

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Active

DOOHAN, John→

director · ~63y · appointed 2015-06-03

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Active

BALLANTYNE, Claire→

secretary · appointed 1999-05-12 · resigned 2013-08-14

Resigned

PATERSON, Margaret→

secretary · appointed 1996-04-01 · resigned 1999-05-12

Resigned

PATERSON, William→

secretary · resigned 1999-05-12

Resigned

WALLACE, Grahame Stewart→

secretary · appointed 2013-08-14 · resigned 2014-04-30

Resigned

MILLAR, Craig Alexander→

director · ~66y · appointed 1998-01-05 · resigned 1998-06-30

Resigned

PATERSON, William→

director · ~82y · resigned 2004-06-30

Resigned

SANTI, David George→

director · ~64y · appointed 2001-03-26 · resigned 2026-03-31

Resigned

SANTI, David George→

director · ~64y · appointed 1994-08-09 · resigned 1997-08-31

Resigned

STEWART, Duncan Dunlop→

director · ~89y · resigned 1994-05-27

Resigned

STEWART, Duncan Fraser→

director · ~60y · resigned 1994-05-27

Resigned

WALLACE, Grahame Stewart→

director · ~77y · appointed 1999-03-05 · resigned 2014-04-30

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	01/06/1999	—

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Recent filings (129 total)

capital-cancellation-shares

capital · SH06

2026-04-29

capital-return-purchase-own-shares

capital · SH03

2026-04-28

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-04-01