NEESON MACDONALD INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC198264 · ltd · incorporated 1999-07-21
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
69 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

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Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-30
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  2. 2024-05-29
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  3. 2023-05-25
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  4. 2022-05-27
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  5. 2021-05-28
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  6. 2020-04-20
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  7. 2019-05-31
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  8. 2018-05-25
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  9. 2017-05-30
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  10. 2016-05-27
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  11. 2015-08-09
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  12. 2015-06-04
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  13. 2014-08-14
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  14. 2014-01-31
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  15. 2013-08-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2000-07-22
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    NEESON, Josephine Mary appointed
    secretary
  17. 2000-07-22
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    NEESON, Josephine Mary appointed
    director
  18. 2000-07-22
    ➕
    NEESON, Paul Gerard appointed
    director
  19. 2000-07-22
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    MARLIN, Mary Ann resigned
    secretary
  20. 2000-07-22
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    MARLIN, Joseph resigned
    director
  21. 1999-07-21
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    Company incorporated
    As NEESON MACDONALD INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS LTD.
  22. 1999-07-21
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    MARLIN, Mary Ann appointed
    secretary
  23. 1999-07-21
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    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1999-07-21
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    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1999-07-21
    ➕
    MARLIN, Joseph appointed
    director
  26. 1999-07-21
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    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1999-07-21
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    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 "NEESON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 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

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 76 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Gerard Neeson
Individual · Scottish · DOB 11/1950 · age 76
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-07-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

85 Bonhill Road
Dumbarton
G82 2DU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-04
Last: 2025-07-21

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

NEESON, Josephine Mary→
secretary · appointed 2000-07-22
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Active
NEESON, Josephine Mary→
director · ~68y · appointed 2000-07-22
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Active
NEESON, Paul Gerard→
director · ~76y · appointed 2000-07-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARLIN, Mary Ann→
secretary · appointed 1999-07-21 · resigned 2000-07-22
Resigned
FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-07-21 · resigned 1999-07-21
Resigned
MARLIN, Joseph→
director · ~67y · appointed 1999-07-21 · resigned 2000-07-22
Resigned
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-07-21 · resigned 1999-07-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2025-05-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-08-01