STEVENSON MCCONNEL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC222809 · ltd · incorporated 2001-09-03
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 31020
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 31090Manufacture of other furniture
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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, 2 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees400400

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-09-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-10-02
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2009-08-31
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    MCCONNEL, Sarah Helen Walker resigned
    secretary
  17. 2001-09-03
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    Company incorporated
    As STEVENSON MCCONNEL LIMITED
  18. 2001-09-03
    ➕
    MCCONNEL, James Archibald Robert appointed
    director
  19. 2001-09-03
    ➕
    STEVENSON, Thomas Barr appointed
    director
  20. 2001-09-03
    ➕
    MCCONNEL, Sarah Helen Walker appointed
    secretary
  21. 2001-09-03
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2001-09-03
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-09-03
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2001-09-03
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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 "MCCONNEL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

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 68. 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 James Archibald Robert Mcconnel
Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2019
Mr Thomas Stevenson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting07/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-09-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC31020 — SIC 31020

Registered office

The Old School
Burnhead
Auldgirth
Dumfriesshire
DG2 0RX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-09
Last: 2025-08-26

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MCCONNEL, James Archibald Robert→
director · ~68y · appointed 2001-09-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEVENSON, Thomas Barr→
director · ~63y · appointed 2001-09-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCONNEL, Sarah Helen Walker→
secretary · appointed 2001-09-03 · resigned 2009-08-31
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-09-03 · resigned 2001-09-03
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-09-03 · resigned 2001-09-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-10-29