DEREK MACLEOD CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC303237 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-01

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to May 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

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

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

58 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

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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	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	100	100

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 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-03-24
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MACLEOD, Lorraine appointed
director
2026-03-24
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officers · AP01
2026-01-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-13
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address · AD02
2019-04-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-04-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-02-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-11-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-01
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annual-return · AR01
2015-09-15
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accounts · AA
2006-06-01
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Company incorporated
As DEREK MACLEOD CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LTD.
2006-06-01
➕
MACLEOD, Lorraine appointed
secretary
2006-06-01
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MACLEOD, Derek John appointed
director
2006-06-01
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-06-01
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-06-01
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-06-01
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-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 "MACLEOD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Derek John Macleod Individual · British · DOB 08/1962 · age 64	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/06/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Lorraine Macleodceased 26/02/2019· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2006-06-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Firthview Offices

Lentran

Inverness

IV3 8RJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-15

Last: 2025-06-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MACLEOD, Lorraine→

secretary · appointed 2006-06-01

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Active

MACLEOD, Derek John→

director · ~64y · appointed 2006-06-01

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Active

MACLEOD, Lorraine→

director · ~62y · appointed 2026-03-24

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-06-01 · resigned 2006-06-01

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-06-01 · resigned 2006-06-01

Resigned

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