MACKENZIE HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC110218 · ltd · incorporated 1988-04-05
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 17.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£104.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). 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 17.2y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.2 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 (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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
115 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £104,160
Net assets shrinking
Down £8,577 YoY
Cash YoY
+1%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£93k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£104k
↓ 7.6% YoY
Current Assets
£137k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£32k£63k£95k£127k£158kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£104.2k£112.7k
Current assets£137.4k£158.1k
Cash£92.6k£91.7k
Debtors£32.8k£48.0k
Net assets£104.2k£112.7k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
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  2. 2024-10-22
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  3. 2023-12-14
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  4. 2022-12-09
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  5. 2021-11-19
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  6. 2021-11-06
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  9. 2021-11-06
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  10. 2021-03-16
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  11. 2020-11-06
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  12. 2019-11-13
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  13. 2018-12-14
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  14. 2018-11-12
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  15. 2018-11-12
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  17. 2018-11-12
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  18. 2018-03-14
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    MACKENZIE, Shona Crawford resigned
    secretary
  19. 2009-03-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2001-04-02
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    MACKENZIE, Stuart Macaulay appointed
    director
  21. 1989-12-31
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    FLINT, David resigned
    nominee-secretary
  22. 1989-12-31
    ➖
    DICKSON, Ian resigned
    nominee-director
  23. 1989-12-31
    ➖
    FLINT, David resigned
    nominee-director
  24. 1988-04-05
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    Company incorporated
    As MACKENZIE HOLDINGS LIMITED
  25. 1988-04-05
    ➕
    FLINT, David appointed
    nominee-secretary
  26. 1988-04-05
    ➕
    DICKSON, Ian appointed
    nominee-director
  27. 1988-04-05
    ➕
    FLINT, David appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MACKENZIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 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

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stuart Macaulay Mackenzie
Individual · British · DOB 10/1973 · age 53
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Shona Crawford Mackenzie
Individual · British · DOB 10/1950 · age 76
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Murdo Mackenzie
Individual · British · DOB 01/1950 · age 76
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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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
Incorporated1988-04-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

63 Kenneth Street
Stornoway
Isle Of Lewis
HS1 2DS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

MACKENZIE, Murdo→
director · ~76y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKENZIE, Shona Crawford→
director · ~76y
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Active
MACKENZIE, Stuart Macaulay→
director · ~53y · appointed 2001-04-02
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Active
FLINT, David→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1988-04-05 · resigned 1989-12-31
Resigned
MACKENZIE, Shona Crawford→
secretary · resigned 2018-03-14
Resigned
DICKSON, Ian→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1988-04-05 · resigned 1989-12-31
Resigned
FLINT, David→
nominee-director · ~71y · appointed 1988-04-05 · resigned 1989-12-31
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
Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property25/03/2009—
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Recent filings (115 total)

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2025-12-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-16