MARTIN ALAN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC227220 · ltd · incorporated 2002-01-22

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 24.1y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 24.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (6 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

92 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	53	6000

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2026-01-28
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accounts · AA
2025-01-29
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accounts · AA
2024-07-09
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mortgage · MR04
2024-07-09
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Charge satisfied #2
2024-01-31
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accounts · AA
2023-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-06-17
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officers · AP01
2022-06-17
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officers · AP01
2022-06-06
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BAILLIE, Christopher appointed
director
2022-06-06
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DAVIDSON, Hugh appointed
director
2022-03-03
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officers · CH03
2022-03-03
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officers · CH01
2022-03-03
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officers · CH01
2022-03-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-27
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accounts · AA
2021-07-01
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-07-01
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-04-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-01-29
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accounts · AA
2020-01-29
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accounts · AA
2007-10-05
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Murray Scott Robb
2007-10-05
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Angus Andrew Fairlie
2007-10-05
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Alan Richard Lyall Anderson
2006-04-28
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FAIRLIE, Angus Andrew appointed
director
2004-06-08
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MASON, James Ian resigned
director
2004-03-03
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DONACHIE, Martin James resigned
director
2002-05-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2002-04-12
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FAIRLIE, Angus Andrew appointed
secretary
2002-04-12
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ANDERSON, Alan Richard Lyall appointed
director
2002-04-12
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ROBB, Murray Scott appointed
director
2002-04-12
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MESSRS THORNTONS WS resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-04-12
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DONACHIE, Martin James appointed
director
2002-04-12
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HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson resigned
nominee-director
2002-04-12
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MASON, James Ian appointed
director
2002-01-22
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Company incorporated
As MARTIN ALAN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
2002-01-22
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MESSRS THORNTONS WS appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-01-22
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HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson appointed
nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

Martin Alan Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Martin Alan Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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MARTIN ALAN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

This company · SC227220

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Martin Alan Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Alan Richard Lyall Andersonceased 01/05/2019· significant influence

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

Incorporated2002-01-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

Limemount

5 Dudhope Terrace

Dundee

DD3 6HG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-05

Last: 2026-01-22