MACNAUGHTONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC246304 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-24
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 23.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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 · oldest 23.0y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.0 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
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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
70 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

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£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees2200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2023-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2019-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2019-04-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-04-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-04-01
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2018-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-10-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2013-06-15
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    Charge satisfied #2
  18. 2004-02-27
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    MCLEAN, Brian Alexander resigned
    director
  19. 2003-06-12
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  20. 2003-05-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  21. 2003-04-16
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    MONCRIEFF, Jennifer appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-04-16
    ➕
    MONCRIEFF, Jennifer appointed
    director
  23. 2003-04-16
    ➕
    MONCRIEFF, Robert Keith appointed
    director
  24. 2003-04-16
    ➖
    HBJ SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2003-04-16
    ➕
    MCLEAN, Brian Alexander appointed
    director
  26. 2003-04-16
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    HENDERSON BOYD JACKSON LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  27. 2003-03-24
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    Company incorporated
    As MACNAUGHTONS LIMITED
  28. 2003-03-24
    ➕
    HBJ SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2003-03-24
    ➕
    HENDERSON BOYD JACKSON LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 73 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.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
Mrs Jennifer Moncrieff
Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/03/2020
Mr Robert Keith Moncrieff
Individual · British · DOB 07/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/03/2017

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
Incorporated2003-03-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Macnaughtons
Station Road
Pitlochry
PH16 5AF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last: 2026-03-17

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MONCRIEFF, Jennifer→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MONCRIEFF, Jennifer→
director · ~68y · appointed 2003-04-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MONCRIEFF, Robert Keith→
director · ~73y · appointed 2003-04-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HBJ SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-03-24 · resigned 2003-04-16
Resigned
MCLEAN, Brian Alexander→
director · ~72y · appointed 2003-04-16 · resigned 2004-02-27
Resigned
HENDERSON BOYD JACKSON LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2003-03-24 · resigned 2003-04-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property12/06/200315/06/2013
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property07/05/2003—
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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-04-09