ALEX MURRAY HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC286427 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-20
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£87.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 86). 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 9.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
60 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
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 £87,404

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£87k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£17k£35k£52k£70k£87kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£87.4k£87.4k
Debtors£800£800
Net assets£87.4k£87.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-08-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2024-08-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-06-30
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    MURRAY, Iain Norman appointed
    director
  7. 2024-06-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2023-11-27
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    MURRAY, Alexander Murdo resigned
    director
  9. 2023-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-10-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2021-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-04-26
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    capital · SH10
  17. 2017-04-26
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    capital · SH08
  18. 2017-04-26
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    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  19. 2017-03-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2005-06-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ALEX MURRAY HOLDINGS LIMITED
  21. 2005-06-20
    ➕
    MURRAY, Isobel Love appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-06-20
    ➕
    MURRAY, Isobel Love appointed
    director
  23. 2005-06-20
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-06-20
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2005-06-20
    ➕
    MURRAY, Alexander Murdo appointed
    director
  26. 2005-06-20
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2005-06-20
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 "MURRAY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Isobel Love Murray
Individual · British · DOB 12/1940 · age 86
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting27/11/2023
Mr Iain Norman Murray
Individual · Scottish · DOB 05/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting31/03/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alexander Murdo Murrayceased 27/11/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2005-06-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

12 Glen Drive
Helensburgh
Argyll And Bute
G84 9BJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-04
Last: 2025-06-20

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MURRAY, Isobel Love→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MURRAY, Iain Norman→
director · ~60y · appointed 2024-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MURRAY, Isobel Love→
director · ~86y · appointed 2005-06-20
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-06-20 · resigned 2005-06-20
Resigned
MURRAY, Alexander Murdo→
director · ~88y · appointed 2005-06-20 · resigned 2023-11-27
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-06-20 · resigned 2005-06-20
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
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—27/03/2017—
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Recent filings (60 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-08-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-26