JAMES HAY MEMORIALS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC142414 · ltd · incorporated 1993-02-02
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£351.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Funeral and related activities
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
87 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £351,582

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£303k
Net Worth
£352k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£328k
↑ 36% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£70k£141k£211k£281k£352kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£357.0k£292.2k
Current assets£327.7k£241.5k
Cash£303.0k—
Debtors£19.7k—
Net assets£351.6k£292.2k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2020-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2020-10-27
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  10. 2020-07-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2020-04-01
    ➕
    KENDALL, Gary John appointed
    director
  12. 2019-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-05-03
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2018-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-01-31
    ➖
    MCGOWAN, James resigned
    director
  18. 2007-12-24
    ➕
    MCGOWAN, Peter Michael appointed
    director
  19. 1993-02-04
    ➕
    MCGOWAN, Michael appointed
    secretary
  20. 1993-02-04
    ➕
    MCGOWAN, Michael appointed
    director
  21. 1993-02-04
    ➕
    MCGOWAN, James appointed
    director
  22. 1993-02-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As JAMES HAY MEMORIALS LIMITED
  23. 1993-02-02
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  24. 1993-02-02
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  25. 1993-02-02
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  26. 1993-02-02
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Mcgowan
Individual · British · DOB 06/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Peter Michael Mcgowan
Individual · British · DOB 11/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1993-02-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96030 — Funeral and related activities

Registered office

21 West Bridge Street
Falkirk
FK1 5RJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-01
Last: 2026-01-18

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

MCGOWAN, Michael→
secretary · appointed 1993-02-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KENDALL, Gary John→
director · ~48y · appointed 2020-04-01
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Active
MCGOWAN, Michael→
director · ~73y · appointed 1993-02-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCGOWAN, Peter Michael→
director · ~48y · appointed 2007-12-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-02-02 · resigned 1993-02-02
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1993-02-02 · resigned 1993-02-02
Resigned
MCGOWAN, James→
director · ~80y · appointed 1993-02-04 · resigned 2010-01-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (87 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-12-01
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2020-10-27