MENZIES DOUGAL (TRUSTEES) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC124209 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1990-04-04

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

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year to Apr 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

54 officers (20 active, 54 linked, 49 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

205 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-03	2024-04-03

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (109 events)Click to expand

2026-04-17
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2026-02-28
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SMITH, Henry Cannon resigned
director
2026-01-09
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officers · CH01
2025-12-23
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2025-01-21
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2024-12-30
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officers · CH01
2024-12-20
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LODGE, Lianne Margaret resigned
director
2024-12-20
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accounts · AA
2024-04-18
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officers · TM01
2024-02-29
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BLAIR, John Michael Greene resigned
director
2023-08-14
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officers · TM01
2023-07-31
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SMITH, David Christopher resigned
director
2023-07-03
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accounts · AA
2023-06-12
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2023-06-09
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MOWLEM, David Lonsdale appointed
director
2023-06-05
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2023-04-13
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2023-03-17
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2023-01-23
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2023-01-22
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SOUTAR, Murray Duncan resigned
director
2022-12-06
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2022-04-20
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2022-04-19
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NEWTON, Lois Elizabeth Anne appointed
director
2022-04-15
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REID, Isobell Ann resigned
director
2021-02-26
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HUNTER, Stewart Lindsay Wilson resigned
director
2020-09-24
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ADAMS, Eilidh Gillian appointed
director
2020-09-24
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DUNDAS, Nicola Jane appointed
director
2020-09-24
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WILLIAMS, Simon Jonathan Conon appointed
director
2020-09-24
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WRIGHT, Gillian Jane appointed
director
2020-03-01
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MILNE, David Bisset resigned
director
2020-03-01
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PAGET, Elspeth Mary resigned
director
2019-06-26
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GIBSON, Christopher Duncan appointed
director
2019-03-01
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LODGE, Lianne Margaret appointed
director
2019-02-28
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ANDERSON, Alistair Robert resigned
director
2018-12-31
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TURNBULL, Ian David Nelson resigned
director
2017-04-01
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HAMILTON, Colin Stuart appointed
director
2017-04-01
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REID, Isobell Ann appointed
director
2017-02-28
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MURRAY, Thomas Kenneth resigned
director
2016-10-03
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SOUTAR, Murray Duncan appointed
director
2016-09-01
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CAMERON, Fiona Jane appointed
director
2016-09-01
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MCDOWELL, Amy Joy appointed
director
2016-08-30
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SHAW, Murray William Anderson resigned
director
2016-05-09
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LESLIE, Fraser Gordon appointed
director
2016-05-09
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PEEBLES, Gregor Kenneth John appointed
director
2016-03-01
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HAMILTON, Gordon David resigned
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-19 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

Group structure

Gillespie Macandrew Llp is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Gillespie Macandrew Llp

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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MENZIES DOUGAL (TRUSTEES) LIMITED

This company · SC124209

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Gillespie Macandrew Llp Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1990-04-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

5 Atholl Crescent

Edinburgh

Midlothian

EH3 8EJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-03

Last made up to: 2025-04-03

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-18

Last: 2026-04-04