CHARLES MACLEOD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC235886 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-23

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

£2.34M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

11 officers (9 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

62 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 £2,335,912

Cash YoY

+21%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.5m

↑ 21% YoY

Net Worth

£2.3m

↑ 11% YoY

Current Assets

£2.0m

↑ 14% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£2.53M	£2.29M
Current assets	£2.01M	£1.76M
Cash	£1.47M	£1.21M
Debtors	£437.3k	£449.0k
Net assets	£2.34M	£2.10M

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-02-09
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2025-04-03
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2024-02-08
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2023-03-21
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2022-03-21
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accounts · AA
2021-11-19
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2021-03-19
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2020-03-21
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2019-01-12
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2018-03-22
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2017-04-26
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2016-05-17
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2016-02-18
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2016-01-20
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officers · TM01
2015-09-22
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2015-09-10
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MACLEOD, Charles resigned
director
2015-07-27
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MACLEOD, Martin Petrie appointed
director
2015-01-15
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MACLEOD, Julia appointed
director
2014-01-29
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MACLENNAN, Lorna appointed
director
2014-01-24
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MACDONALD, Ria appointed
director
2014-01-24
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MACDONALD, Rona appointed
director
2014-01-24
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MACLEOD, Claire Margaret appointed
director
2014-01-24
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MACLEOD, Shona appointed
director
2002-08-23
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Company incorporated
As CHARLES MACLEOD LIMITED
2002-08-23
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MACLEOD, Iain Archibald appointed
secretary
2002-08-23
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MACLEOD, Iain Archibald appointed
director
2002-08-23
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
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2002-08-23
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-08-23
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MACLEOD, Charles appointed
director

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MACLEOD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Julia Macleod Individual · British · DOB 03/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Iain Archibald Macleod Individual · British · DOB 03/1947 · age 79	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2002-08-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47220 — Retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores

Registered office

Ropework Park

Stornoway

Isle Of Lewis

HS1 2LB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-06

Last: 2025-08-23