MACSWEEN'S DUNGANICHY LTD

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SC273960 · ltd · incorporated 2004-09-28
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£180.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £180,637
Net assets shrinking
Down £31,415 YoY
Cash YoY
-12%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£114k
↓ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£181k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£185k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£45k£91k£136k£182k£227kJul 2023Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-312023-07-31
Total assets£249.4k£284.6k—
Current assets£184.8k£227.2k—
Cash£114.2k£129.2k—
Debtors£3.2k£1.4k—
Net assets£180.6k£212.1k—
Average employees——300

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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  2. 2025-04-30
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  3. 2024-04-29
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  4. 2022-11-22
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  5. 2022-01-05
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  6. 2020-12-01
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  7. 2020-10-20
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-17
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  9. 2019-01-09
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  10. 2017-11-15
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  11. 2016-09-08
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  12. 2016-06-21
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2016-02-27
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    MACSWEEN, Margaret resigned
    director
  14. 2015-10-28
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  15. 2015-09-28
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  16. 2015-03-17
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    mortgage · MR01
  17. 2015-03-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2007-11-04
    ➖
    MACSWEEN, Martha resigned
    director
  19. 2004-09-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MACSWEEN'S DUNGANICHY LTD
  20. 2004-09-28
    ➕
    MACSWEEN, Hector appointed
    secretary
  21. 2004-09-28
    ➕
    MACKAY, Norma appointed
    director
  22. 2004-09-28
    ➕
    MACSWEEN, Donald Norman appointed
    director
  23. 2004-09-28
    ➕
    MACSWEEN, Hector appointed
    director
  24. 2004-09-28
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-09-28
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-09-28
    ➕
    MACSWEEN, Margaret appointed
    director
  27. 2004-09-28
    ➕
    MACSWEEN, Martha appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MACSWEEN" — 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 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-09-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

6 Dunganichy
Isle Of Benbecula
Western Isles
HS7 5LX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-10
Last: 2025-09-26

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

MACSWEEN, Hector→
secretary · appointed 2004-09-28
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Active
MACKAY, Norma→
director · ~71y · appointed 2004-09-28
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Active
MACSWEEN, Donald Norman→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-09-28
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Active
MACSWEEN, Hector→
director · ~64y · appointed 2004-09-28
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-09-28 · resigned 2004-09-28
Resigned
MACSWEEN, Margaret→
director · ~69y · appointed 2004-09-28 · resigned 2016-02-27
Resigned
MACSWEEN, Martha→
director · ~105y · appointed 2004-09-28 · resigned 2007-11-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—16/03/2015—
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Recent filings (49 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2020-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-03