MD PACKAGING (SCOTLAND) LTD

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SC260661 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-11
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
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
55 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees100200

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-18
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  2. 2024-12-11
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  3. 2024-11-25
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  4. 2024-11-25
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    officers · CH03
  5. 2024-11-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-11-25
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    address · AD01
  7. 2023-09-25
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-28
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  9. 2021-09-30
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  10. 2020-10-02
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  11. 2019-10-03
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  12. 2018-09-25
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  13. 2017-09-29
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  14. 2016-09-28
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  15. 2016-01-08
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  16. 2003-12-16
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  17. 2003-12-16
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  18. 2003-12-11
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    Company incorporated
    As MD PACKAGING (SCOTLAND) LTD
  19. 2003-12-11
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    DAVIES, Susan appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-12-11
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    DAVIES, Mark Thomas appointed
    director
  21. 2003-12-11
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
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  22. 2003-12-11
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — 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 59. 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 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Thomas Davies
Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · age 59
——sig. influencesignificant influence07/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-12-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

30 Lodeneia Park
Dalkeith
EH22 2AW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last: 2025-12-11

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

DAVIES, Susan→
secretary · appointed 2003-12-11
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Active
DAVIES, Mark Thomas→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-12-11
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Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-12-11 · resigned 2003-12-16
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-12-11 · resigned 2003-12-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
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accounts · AA
2025-09-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-21
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accounts · AA
2024-12-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-25
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-11-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-25
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address · AD01
2024-11-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06
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accounts · AA
2022-09-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-17