MCLAUGHLAN TRUSTEES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC255162 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-02

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 Sept 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). 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

5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

55 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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Average employees	0	0

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-06-27
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2024-06-28
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2023-03-22
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2022-06-20
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2021-06-25
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2020-09-25
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2019-06-07
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2018-06-21
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2017-06-09
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accounts · AA
2016-09-09
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officers · TM01
2016-08-30
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ANDERSON, Martin John resigned
director
2016-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-09-15
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annual-return · AR01
2015-06-03
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2014-09-11
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2014-05-05
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accounts · AA
2003-09-08
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ORROCK, Kenneth Stuart appointed
director
2003-09-08
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SMART, David appointed
director
2003-09-08
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ANDERSON, Martin John appointed
director
2003-09-02
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Company incorporated
As MCLAUGHLAN TRUSTEES LIMITED
2003-09-02
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MCLAUGHLAN, Gerald Peter appointed
secretary
2003-09-02
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MCLAUGHLAN, George appointed
director

Owner dependency

90/100

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

+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MCLAUGHLAN" — 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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

Group structure

Mclaughlan Transport ( Perth ) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Mclaughlan Transport ( Perth ) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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MCLAUGHLAN TRUSTEES LIMITED

This company · SC255162

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mclaughlan Transport ( Perth ) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	02/09/2016

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

Incorporated2003-09-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Inchcape Place

North Muirton Ind Est

Perth

Perthshire

PH1 3DU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-16

Last: 2025-09-02

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

MCLAUGHLAN, Gerald Peter→

secretary · appointed 2003-09-02

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Active

MCLAUGHLAN, George→

director · ~73y · appointed 2003-09-02

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Active

ORROCK, Kenneth Stuart→

director · ~66y · appointed 2003-09-08

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Active

SMART, David→

director · ~66y · appointed 2003-09-08

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Active

ANDERSON, Martin John→

director · ~66y · appointed 2003-09-08 · resigned 2016-08-30

Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

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2025-09-12

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accounts · AA

2025-06-27

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-06-28

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-03-22

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-06-20

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-09-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-06-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-09-25

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-09-16

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-09-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2019-06-07

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2018-09-08