ARG ENTERPRISES LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC293558 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-23

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 38110

Sector: Water supply & waste

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

52290Other transportation support activities
77390Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 3 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

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

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

54 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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	200	200

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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accounts · AA
2025-03-31
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accounts · AA
2024-03-28
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accounts · AA
2023-03-30
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accounts · AA
2022-06-17
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accounts · AA
2021-06-25
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accounts · AA
2020-05-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-25
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-06-13
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capital · SH02
2019-03-29
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accounts · AA
2018-03-30
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address · AD01
2018-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-04-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-01-28
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2005-11-23
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Company incorporated
As ARG ENTERPRISES LTD.
2005-11-23
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MACLACHLAN, Susan Helen appointed
secretary
2005-11-23
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MACLACHLAN, John appointed
director
2005-11-23
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MACLACHLAN, Susan Helen appointed
director
2005-11-23
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-11-23
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-11-23
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-11-23
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Maclachlan Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Susan Helen Maclachlanceased 17/07/2019· significant influence

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

Incorporated2005-11-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110

Registered office

Arg Enterprises Ltd

Torran Gorm Industrial Estate

Oban

Argyll

PA34 4PL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-07

Last: 2025-11-23

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MACLACHLAN, Susan Helen→

secretary · appointed 2005-11-23

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Active

MACLACHLAN, John→

director · ~67y · appointed 2005-11-23

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Active

MACLACHLAN, Susan Helen→

director · ~62y · appointed 2005-11-23

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-11-23 · resigned 2005-11-23

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-11-23 · resigned 2005-11-23

Resigned

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