JACK MACDONALD & CO LIMITED
📈Growthactive
SC259171 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-12
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 22.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£154.8k
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 69201Accounting and auditing activities
- 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueConservative operator with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (85/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 22.3y
95/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 22.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
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, 3 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredProfitable
Profit before tax £103,364
Turnover YoY
+7%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years 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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £154.8k | £144.5k |
| Gross profit | £146.7k | £139.0k |
| Profit before tax | £103.4k | £85.0k |
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-22📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-02-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-02-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-09📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-06-09📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-06-09🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2020-06-09🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-03-02➖MACDONALD, Lourda Bernadette resigneddirector
- 2020-03-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-03-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-03-02📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-03-02📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-03-02📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2004-02-26🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2004-01-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2003-11-12🏢Company incorporatedAs JACK MACDONALD & CO LIMITED
- 2003-11-12➕MACDONALD, Jack Martin appointedsecretary
- 2003-11-12➕MACDONALD, Jack Martin appointeddirector
- 2003-11-12➕MACDONALD, Lourda Bernadette appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MACDONALD" — 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
95/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
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 Jack Martin Macdonald Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Lourda Bernadette Macdonaldceased 19/02/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-11-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities
Registered office
Cuan Aille
1 Aldersyde
Taynuilt
Argyll
PA35 1AG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-15
Last: 2026-03-01
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
MACDONALD, Jack Martin→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-11-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MACDONALD, Jack Martin→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2003-11-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MACDONALD, Lourda Bernadette→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · appointed 2003-11-12 · resigned 2020-03-02
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 26/02/2004 | 09/06/2020 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 28/01/2004 | 09/06/2020 |
Recent filings (67 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-22
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-01