JOHN G. MACKINTOSH LIMITED

📈Growthactive
SC281061 · ltd · incorporated 2005-03-04
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 18.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.8y

80/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
73 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.

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Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £2,679,888

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Profit before tax£2.68M£2.05M
Average employees24122900

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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  2. 2025-02-04
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  4. 2025-02-04
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  5. 2025-02-04
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  6. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
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  7. 2023-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  10. 2022-01-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2022-01-25
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  12. 2021-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
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  14. 2019-12-27
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-21
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  16. 2018-12-21
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2018-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-12-10
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  19. 2015-12-07
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  20. 2008-11-26
    ➖
    SKENE EDWARDS WS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2008-10-31
    ➕
    BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2008-04-18
    ➖
    FOGGO, Thomas Clark resigned
    director
  23. 2008-03-03
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    HUGHES, John resigned
    director
  24. 2007-07-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  25. 2005-09-01
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    HUGHES, Scott John appointed
    director
  26. 2005-09-01
    ➕
    MACLENNAN, Angus appointed
    director
  27. 2005-09-01
    ➕
    SHARKEY, Scott Jenkinson appointed
    director
  28. 2005-09-01
    ➕
    SHARKEY, Stephen James appointed
    director
  29. 2005-09-01
    ➕
    HUGHES, John appointed
    director
  30. 2005-03-04
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    Company incorporated
    As JOHN G. MACKINTOSH LIMITED
  31. 2005-03-04
    ➕
    SKENE EDWARDS WS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2005-03-04
    ➕
    FOGGO, Thomas Clark appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong 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.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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.)

Group structure

John G. Mackintosh Holdings Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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John G. Mackintosh Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control
majority
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JOHN G. MACKINTOSH LIMITED
This company · SC281061

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
John G. Mackintosh Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Scott Hughes
Individual · British · DOB 06/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting04/12/2018

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-03-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

30 Dryden Road
Loanhead
Midlothian
EH20 9LZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-18
Last: 2026-02-04

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-10-31
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Active
HUGHES, Scott John→
director · ~53y · appointed 2005-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACLENNAN, Angus→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHARKEY, Scott Jenkinson→
director · ~59y · appointed 2005-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHARKEY, Stephen James→
director · ~66y · appointed 2005-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SKENE EDWARDS WS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-03-04 · resigned 2008-11-26
Resigned
FOGGO, Thomas Clark→
director · ~83y · appointed 2005-03-04 · resigned 2008-04-18
Resigned
HUGHES, John→
director · ~84y · appointed 2005-09-01 · resigned 2008-03-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge—07/12/2015—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Floating charge1 property17/07/200721/12/2018
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Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-01-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-01-27