SMITH & MCLAURIN GROUP LIMITED

📉Decliningactive
SC303517 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-07
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.
Opportunity decay
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "declining"
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). 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 19.9y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
18 officers (6 active, 18 linked, 12 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
99 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 £97,518

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-012023-10-27
Profit before tax£97.5k£283.0k
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2025-07-13
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    DICKSON, Alistair Boyd appointed
    director
  3. 2025-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-09
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    KENNEDY, Patrick appointed
    director
  11. 2018-08-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2018-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-07-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2018-06-27
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    LOUDON, Colin Thomson resigned
    director
  15. 2017-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-04-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2016-07-05
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2016-07-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2016-02-05
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    OXBURGH, Graham Ardern resigned
    director
  20. 2014-12-19
    ➖
    EASTON, Ronald Story resigned
    director
  21. 2014-02-21
    ➕
    MCLAUGHLIN, Allan Charles appointed
    secretary
  22. 2014-02-21
    ➖
    MURPHY, Brendan resigned
    secretary
  23. 2014-02-21
    ➖
    MURPHY, Brendan James resigned
    director
  24. 2014-02-21
    ➕
    OXBURGH, Graham Ardern appointed
    director
  25. 2014-01-09
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  26. 2013-10-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  27. 2013-01-27
    ➕
    MURPHY, Brendan appointed
    secretary
  28. 2013-01-27
    ➖
    MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2012-12-20
    ➕
    EASTON, Ronald Story appointed
    director
  30. 2012-12-18
    ➖
    GAULT, Colin resigned
    director
  31. 2012-09-01
    ➕
    RADFORD, John appointed
    director
  32. 2010-04-19
    ➕
    MACKAY, Roslynn Elizabeth Mclean appointed
    director
  33. 2010-02-05
    ➖
    MONKS, Craig Darren resigned
    director
  34. 2009-02-16
    ➖
    MACKAY, Ian Duncan resigned
    director
  35. 2008-01-01
    ➕
    MURPHY, Brendan James appointed
    director
  36. 2007-03-01
    ➖
    MACKAY, Ian Duncan resigned
    secretary
  37. 2007-03-01
    ➕
    MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  38. 2006-07-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  39. 2006-06-23
    ➕
    MCLAUGHLIN, Allan Charles appointed
    director
  40. 2006-06-23
    ➕
    MACKAY, Ian Duncan appointed
    secretary
  41. 2006-06-23
    ➖
    MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  42. 2006-06-23
    ➕
    GAULT, Colin appointed
    director
  43. 2006-06-23
    ➕
    LOUDON, Colin Thomson appointed
    director
  44. 2006-06-23
    ➕
    MACKAY, Ian Duncan appointed
    director
  45. 2006-06-23
    ➕
    MONKS, Craig Darren appointed
    director
  46. 2006-06-23
    ➖
    MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  47. 2006-06-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SMITH & MCLAURIN GROUP LIMITED
  48. 2006-06-07
    ➕
    MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  49. 2006-06-07
    ➕
    MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Smith & Mclaurin Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Smith & Mclaurin Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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SMITH & MCLAURIN GROUP LIMITED
This company · SC303517

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Smith & Mclaurin Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-06-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Cartisde Mill Kilbarchan Road
Kilbarchan
Johnstone
Renfrewshire
PA10 2AF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-01
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-17
Last: 2026-06-03

Officers (6 active · 12 resigned)

MCLAUGHLIN, Allan Charles→
secretary · appointed 2014-02-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DICKSON, Alistair Boyd→
director · ~59y · appointed 2025-07-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KENNEDY, Patrick→
director · ~62y · appointed 2018-08-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKAY, Roslynn Elizabeth Mclean→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-04-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCLAUGHLIN, Allan Charles→
director · ~68y · appointed 2006-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RADFORD, John→
director · ~59y · appointed 2012-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKAY, Ian Duncan→
secretary · appointed 2006-06-23 · resigned 2007-03-01
Resigned
MURPHY, Brendan→
secretary · appointed 2013-01-27 · resigned 2014-02-21
Resigned
MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-03-01 · resigned 2013-01-27
Resigned
MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-06-07 · resigned 2006-06-23
Resigned
EASTON, Ronald Story→
director · ~66y · appointed 2012-12-20 · resigned 2014-12-19
Resigned
GAULT, Colin→
director · ~70y · appointed 2006-06-23 · resigned 2012-12-18
Resigned
LOUDON, Colin Thomson→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-06-23 · resigned 2018-06-27
Resigned
MACKAY, Ian Duncan→
director · ~67y · appointed 2006-06-23 · resigned 2009-02-16
Resigned
MONKS, Craig Darren→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-06-23 · resigned 2010-02-05
Resigned
MURPHY, Brendan James→
director · ~67y · appointed 2008-01-01 · resigned 2014-02-21
Resigned
OXBURGH, Graham Ardern→
director · ~69y · appointed 2014-02-21 · resigned 2016-02-05
Resigned
MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-06-07 · resigned 2006-06-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property28/10/2013—
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property06/07/200609/01/2014
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Recent filings (99 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-01