MACKENZIE HAULAGE (HIGHLAND) LTD.

💤Zombieactive

SC253688 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-01

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to Apr 2024

Net worth

£51.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: Freight transport by road

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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 (73/100).

🏦

Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.3y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 21.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

61 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £51,616

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£52k

↑ 4.3% YoY

Current Assets

£101k

↓ 17% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-04-30	2023-04-30
Total assets	£183.2k	£196.0k
Current assets	£101.2k	£121.5k
Net assets	£51.6k	£49.5k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-04-30
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-25
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-01-30
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-01-31
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-08-01
📄
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-01-31
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-01-28
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-08-10
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-01-30
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-09-01
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-08-28
📄
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2013-12-20
➖
MACKENZIE, Jillian resigned
director
2005-01-03
🔒
Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2003-08-01
🏢
Company incorporated
As MACKENZIE HAULAGE (HIGHLAND) LTD.
2003-08-01
➕
MACKENZIE, Jillian appointed
secretary
2003-08-01
➕
MACKENZIE, Gordon Hugh appointed
director
2003-08-01
➕
BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-08-01
➖
BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-08-01
➕
MACKENZIE, Jillian appointed
director
2003-08-01
➕
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-08-01
➖
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MACKENZIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Gordon Hugh Mackenzie Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

Similar companies

Active · Transport & logistics · IV postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
PLM DOLLAR GROUP LIMITED→ SC157532 · est 1995	£9.10M £6.82M–£11.37M	—	—	8400	31y	81	67y
CRESTMOUNT LIMITED→ SC210376 · est 2000	—	—	£99.3k	—	25y	83	62y
INVERNESS MARINA LIMITED→ SC325102 · est 2007	—	—	£432.6k	—	18y	83	69y
ISLE OF SKYE FERRY COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY→ SC297537 · est 2006 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	20y	83	76y
ORD STORAGE SERVICES LTD.→ SC223112 · est 2001 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	24y	83	70y
SCOTLINE MARINE HOLDINGS LIMITED→ SC161473 · est 1995 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	30y	83	87y
B CORMACK & SON LIMITED→ SC236297 · est 2002	—	—	£222.4k	—	23y	82	62y
CHAUFFEURS INVERNESS LIMITED→ SC350202 · est 2008	—	—	£48.2k	—	17y	82	74y
EURO COACH SERVICES LIMITED→ SC133208 · est 1991	—	—	—	0	34y	82	65y
GLENFOLD LTD.→ SC377452 · est 2010	—	—	£752.2k	—	16y	82	62y
JAMES PATERSON HAULAGE LIMITED→ SC277313 · est 2004	—	—	—	12	21y	82	77y
ABERDEEN TAXIS LIMITED→ SC447966 · est 2013	—	—	£785.2k	—	13y	80	62y

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-08-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Brae Lodge, Balmeanach

Culbokie

Ross Shire

IV7 8JH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-04-30

Last made up to: 2024-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-21

Last: 2025-07-07

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MACKENZIE, Jillian→

secretary · appointed 2003-08-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MACKENZIE, Gordon Hugh→

director · ~58y · appointed 2003-08-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-08-01 · resigned 2003-08-01

Resigned

MACKENZIE, Jillian→

director · ~60y · appointed 2003-08-01 · resigned 2013-12-20

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-08-01 · resigned 2003-08-01

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	03/01/2005	—

Click column headers to sort. Use filters above to narrow by status and lender.