NEIL MACKINNON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC143838 · ltd · incorporated 1993-04-14

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

£130.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

80 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £130,932

Net assets shrinking

Down £32,500 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£131k

↓ 20% YoY

Current Assets

£130k

↓ 22% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£132.4k	£168.4k
Current assets	£130.5k	£166.5k
Net assets	£130.9k	£163.4k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-01-27
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2023-01-30
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2022-01-24
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2021-02-06
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2020-01-29
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2019-02-01
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accounts · AA
2019-01-15
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officers · AP01
2019-01-03
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FRESSON, Suzanne Nicola Claire appointed
director
2018-02-01
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accounts · AA
2016-11-21
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2016-06-06
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2016-02-09
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2015-05-14
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2015-02-03
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accounts · AA
2003-05-01
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FRESSON, Suzanne appointed
secretary
2003-05-01
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MACKINNON, Maureen resigned
secretary
1993-04-14
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Company incorporated
As NEIL MACKINNON LIMITED
1993-04-14
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MACKINNON, Neil appointed
director
1993-04-14
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MACKINNON, Maureen appointed
secretary
1993-04-14
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ALEXANDERS BUSINESS PRESS LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
1993-04-14
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ALEXANDERS BUSINESS PRESS LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
1993-04-14
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ALEXANDERS BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
1993-04-14
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ALEXANDERS BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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 "MACKINNON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

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.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Neil Ferguson Mackinnon Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	14/04/2017
Miss Suzanne Nicola Claire Fresson Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	14/04/2017

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

Incorporated1993-04-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

5 Westerdunes Park

North Berwick

East Lothian

EH39 5HJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-28

Last: 2026-04-14

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

FRESSON, Suzanne→

secretary · appointed 2003-05-01

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Active

FRESSON, Suzanne Nicola Claire→

director · ~63y · appointed 2019-01-03

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Active

MACKINNON, Neil→

director · ~60y · appointed 1993-04-14

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Active

MACKINNON, Maureen→

secretary · appointed 1993-04-14 · resigned 2003-05-01

Resigned

ALEXANDERS BUSINESS PRESS LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1993-04-14 · resigned 1993-04-14

Resigned

ALEXANDERS BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 1993-04-14 · resigned 1993-04-14

Resigned

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