DUNCAN MACKINTOSH LANDSCAPES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC258641 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-03
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£29.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £29,791
Net assets shrinking
Down £36,930 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£26k
Net Worth
£30k
↓ 55% YoY
Current Assets
£27k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£13k£27k£40k£53k£67kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£29.8k£68.6k
Current assets£26.6k£33.7k
Cash£26.1k—
Debtors£530—
Net assets£29.8k£66.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-02
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  5. 2023-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-31
    ➖
    MACKINTOSH, Ashley resigned
    secretary
  7. 2022-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-12-01
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-12-01
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2012-01-01
    ➕
    MACKINTOSH, Ashley appointed
    secretary
  18. 2012-01-01
    ➖
    MORTIMER, Moira resigned
    secretary
  19. 2003-11-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DUNCAN MACKINTOSH LANDSCAPES LIMITED
  20. 2003-11-03
    ➕
    MACKINTOSH, Duncan Andrew appointed
    director
  21. 2003-11-03
    ➕
    MACKINTOSH, Julie Ann appointed
    director
  22. 2003-11-03
    ➕
    MORTIMER, Moira appointed
    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 "MACKINTOSH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
Mr Duncan Andrew Mackintosh
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares03/11/2016
Mrs Julie Ann Mackintosh
Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares03/11/2016

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
Incorporated2003-11-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

Rosebank At The Coe
Menmuir
Brechin
DD9 6SF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-17
Last: 2025-11-03

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MACKINTOSH, Duncan Andrew→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKINTOSH, Julie Ann→
director · ~58y · appointed 2003-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKINTOSH, Ashley→
secretary · appointed 2012-01-01 · resigned 2022-12-31
Resigned
MORTIMER, Moira→
secretary · appointed 2003-11-03 · resigned 2012-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-01
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-08