J.R. MACGREGOR (DYKE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC135312 · ltd · incorporated 1991-11-29
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 34.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£780.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01420
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 01490SIC 01490
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, 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

2 live charges · oldest 34.2y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 34.2 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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
87 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 £780,888
Net assets shrinking
Down £15,625 YoY
Cash YoY
-13%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£270k
↓ 13% YoY
Net Worth
£781k
↓ 2.0% YoY
Current Assets
£419k
↓ 7.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£159k£319k£478k£637k£797kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£801.9k£816.1k
Current assets£419.4k£453.9k
Cash£269.8k£310.0k
Debtors£65.3k£57.3k
Net assets£780.9k£796.5k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-03-20
    ➖
    MACGREGOR, Sheila Mcbain resigned
    director
  5. 2023-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-02
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  7. 2023-02-02
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    Charge satisfied #1
  8. 2022-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-09
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  10. 2022-02-09
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  11. 2021-12-01
    ➕
    MACGREGOR, Donald James appointed
    secretary
  12. 2021-11-30
    ➖
    MACGREGOR, Sheila Mcbain resigned
    secretary
  13. 2021-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-03-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2017-01-01
    ➕
    MACGREGOR, Donald James appointed
    director
  20. 2016-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 1993-10-07
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 1992-02-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 1991-12-12
    ➕
    MACGREGOR, James Robert appointed
    director
  24. 1991-12-12
    ➖
    BONNAR, Gerard Joseph Dominic resigned
    secretary
  25. 1991-12-12
    ➕
    MACGREGOR, Sheila Mcbain appointed
    secretary
  26. 1991-12-12
    ➖
    MACGREGOR, Alexander Stephen resigned
    director
  27. 1991-12-12
    ➕
    MACGREGOR, Sheila Mcbain appointed
    director
  28. 1991-11-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As J.R. MACGREGOR (DYKE) LIMITED
  29. 1991-11-29
    ➕
    BONNAR, Gerard Joseph Dominic appointed
    secretary
  30. 1991-11-29
    ➕
    MACGREGOR, Alexander Stephen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MACGREGOR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 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

96/100
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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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.)

Group structure

Dyke (Holdings) Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Dyke (Holdings) Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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J.R. MACGREGOR (DYKE) LIMITED
This company · SC135312

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dyke (Holdings) Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1991-11-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01420 — SIC 01420

Registered office

Dyke Farm
Milton Of Campsie
Glasgow
G66 8AR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-13
Last: 2025-11-29

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

MACGREGOR, Donald James→
secretary · appointed 2021-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACGREGOR, Donald James→
director · ~49y · appointed 2017-01-01
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Active
MACGREGOR, James Robert→
director · ~85y · appointed 1991-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BONNAR, Gerard Joseph Dominic→
secretary · appointed 1991-11-29 · resigned 1991-12-12
Resigned
MACGREGOR, Sheila Mcbain→
secretary · appointed 1991-12-12 · resigned 2021-11-30
Resigned
MACGREGOR, Alexander Stephen→
director · ~67y · appointed 1991-11-29 · resigned 1991-12-12
Resigned
MACGREGOR, Sheila Mcbain→
director · ~83y · appointed 1991-12-12 · resigned 2024-03-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property07/10/1993—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property20/02/199202/02/2023
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Recent filings (87 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-02-09
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-17