MURDOCH ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC264126 · ltd · incorporated 2004-02-27

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£24.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33190

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

53 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £24,198

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£24k

↑ 420% YoY

Current Assets

£31k

↑ 8.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£24.2k	£4.7k
Current assets	£30.9k	£28.5k
Net assets	£24.2k	£4.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-09-25
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2024-11-04
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2023-09-25
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2022-11-17
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2021-10-15
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2020-12-15
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2019-09-20
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2018-11-06
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accounts · AA
2017-10-19
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accounts · AA
2016-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-23
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-11-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-03-27
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2014-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-03-27
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annual-return · AR01
2004-02-27
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Company incorporated
As MURDOCH ENGINEERING LIMITED
2004-02-27
➕
MURDOCH, Joanne appointed
secretary
2004-02-27
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MURDOCH, Joanne appointed
director
2004-02-27
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MURDOCH, Phillip David appointed
director
2004-02-27
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-02-27
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-02-27
➕
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-02-27
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

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 "MURDOCH" — 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 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

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 60. Early succession window.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Phillip David Murdoch Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Joanne Murdoch Individual · British · DOB 01/1971 · age 55	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2004-02-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

Birchfield, Scroggiehill

Almondbank

Perth

PH1 3NL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-13

Last: 2026-02-27

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MURDOCH, Joanne→

secretary · appointed 2004-02-27

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Active

MURDOCH, Joanne→

director · ~55y · appointed 2004-02-27

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Active

MURDOCH, Phillip David→

director · ~60y · appointed 2004-02-27

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-02-27 · resigned 2004-02-27

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-02-27 · resigned 2004-02-27

Resigned

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