MACKENZIE & CRUICKSHANK LTD.
🌳Matureactive
SC245600 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-13
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 23.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47760
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 23.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (69/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
65 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.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 4500 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-12-17🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2025-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-08-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-08-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-08-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-08-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-24➖WILSON, Peter Ainsley resigneddirector
- 2024-07-19➕WILSON, Alistair appointeddirector
- 2023-08-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-10-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2003-04-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2003-03-13🏢Company incorporatedAs MACKENZIE & CRUICKSHANK LTD.
- 2003-03-13➕WILSON, Heather appointedsecretary
- 2003-03-13➕WILSON, Heather appointeddirector
- 2003-03-13➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-03-13➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-03-13➕WILSON, Peter Ainsley appointeddirector
- 2003-03-13➕STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2003-03-13➖STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
46/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WILSON, Alistair (same surname) appointed 2024-07-19. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 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 23 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alistair Wilson Individual · British · DOB 07/1983 · age 43 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 19/07/2024 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Peter Ainsley Wilsonceased 19/07/2024· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-03-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47760 — SIC 47760
Registered office
Mackenzie & Cruickshank Greshop Road
Greshop Industrial Estate
Forres
IV36 2GU
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-23
Last: 2025-08-09
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
Active
WILSON, Alistair→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2024-07-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WILSON, Heather→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2003-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-13 · resigned 2003-03-13
WILSON, Peter Ainsley→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2003-03-13 · resigned 2024-07-24
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-13 · resigned 2003-03-13
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 17/12/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 04/04/2003 | — |
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Recent filings (65 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-20
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-08-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-24