R & G DONALD (AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC273143 · ltd · incorporated 2004-09-09

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 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Repair of machinery

Sector: Manufacturing

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 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + 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

52 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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-09-30
Average employees	500

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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2025-04-08
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2024-06-18
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2023-05-24
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2023-03-06
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2023-02-08
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2022-06-22
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2021-06-28
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2020-06-25
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2019-06-18
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2018-06-25
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2017-06-24
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2016-06-29
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2015-10-14
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2004-09-09
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Company incorporated
As R & G DONALD (AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING) LIMITED
2004-09-09
➕
DONALD, Gillian appointed
secretary
2004-09-09
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DONALD, Gillian appointed
director
2004-09-09
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DONALD, Raymond appointed
director
2004-09-09
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HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-09-09
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HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-09-09
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HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. appointed
corporate-director
2004-09-09
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HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. resigned
corporate-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 "DONALD" — 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 58 — 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 58. 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
Mrs Gillian Donald Individual · British · DOB 10/1970 · age 56	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	08/02/2023
Mr Raymond Donald Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	07/09/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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SHANNAS ENGINEERING LTD.→ SC222339 · est 2001 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	24y	—	—
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SILVER THREADS ABERDEEN LTD→ SC696938 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-09-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery

Registered office

New Boghead

Rothienorman

Inverurie

AB51 8UQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-23

Last: 2025-09-09

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DONALD, Gillian→

secretary · appointed 2004-09-09

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Active

DONALD, Gillian→

director · ~56y · appointed 2004-09-09

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Active

DONALD, Raymond→

director · ~58y · appointed 2004-09-09

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Active

HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-09-09 · resigned 2004-09-09

Resigned

HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD.→

corporate-director · appointed 2004-09-09 · resigned 2004-09-09

Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

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2025-09-16

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2025-04-08

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-18

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2024-06-18

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2023-09-21

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2023-05-24

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-03-06

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2023-02-08

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2022-09-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-06-22

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2021-10-14

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accounts · AA

2021-06-28

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2020-09-23

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accounts · AA

2020-06-25