MCKENZIE QUALITY PRINT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC238916 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-30
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£698.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.9y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £698,948
Cash YoY
-5%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£464k
↓ 4.6% YoY
Net Worth
£699k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£820k
↑ 10.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£164k£328k£492k£656k£820kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£748.6k£653.3k
Current assets£820.3k£745.8k
Cash£463.8k£486.3k
Debtors£354.5k£257.6k
Net assets£698.9k£619.1k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-11
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    MCKENZIE, Deborah appointed
    director
  2. 2025-11-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-09-25
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  4. 2024-12-23
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    officers · CH03
  5. 2024-12-23
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-12-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-12-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  10. 2022-09-28
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  11. 2021-12-21
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  12. 2020-09-30
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  13. 2019-09-25
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  14. 2018-09-27
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  15. 2017-09-28
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  16. 2016-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2003-05-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  18. 2002-10-30
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    Company incorporated
    As MCKENZIE QUALITY PRINT LIMITED
  19. 2002-10-30
    ➕
    MCKENZIE, Deborah appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-10-30
    ➕
    MCKENZIE, Steven appointed
    director
  21. 2002-10-30
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-10-30
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

99/100
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 "MCKENZIE" — 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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 Steven Mckenzie
Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Deborah Mckenzie
Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-10-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

Unit 12 Wellheads Crescent Wellheads Industrial Estate
Dyce
Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
AB21 7GA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MCKENZIE, Deborah→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-30
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Active
MCKENZIE, Deborah→
director · ~58y · appointed 2025-11-11
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Active
MCKENZIE, Steven→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-10-30
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-30 · resigned 2002-10-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property28/05/2003—
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Recent filings (64 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-12-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04