MACQUEEN BROS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC318812 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-16

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Removal services

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. 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, 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

7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

52 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	600	600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-03-30
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accounts · AA
2025-03-31
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2024-03-30
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accounts · AA
2023-03-31
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accounts · AA
2022-03-24
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accounts · AA
2021-07-08
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accounts · AA
2019-12-30
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accounts · AA
2018-12-24
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accounts · AA
2018-03-27
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officers · AP01
2018-03-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-03-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-01-08
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accounts · AA
2017-12-21
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MACQUEEN, Mark Andrew appointed
director
2017-01-10
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accounts · AA
2016-03-21
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annual-return · AR01
2016-01-07
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accounts · AA
2015-03-23
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annual-return · AR01
2013-04-06
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MACQUEEN, Mark Andrew resigned
director
2008-04-10
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MACQUEEN, Robin Alexander appointed
director
2008-04-10
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MACQUEEN, Mark Andrew appointed
director
2007-03-16
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Company incorporated
As MACQUEEN BROS LIMITED
2007-03-16
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MACQUEEN, Robin Alexander appointed
secretary
2007-03-16
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MACQUEEN, Graham Livingstone appointed
director
2007-03-16
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SMALL FIRMS SECRETARY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-03-16
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SMALL FIRMS SECRETARY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-03-16
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SMALL FIRMS DIRECT SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2007-03-16
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SMALL FIRMS DIRECT SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

98/100

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

+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MACQUEEN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 high ·

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-30

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark Andrew Macqueen Individual · British · DOB 05/1979 · age 47	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	30/04/2016
Mr Graham Livingstone Macqueen Individual · British · DOB 08/1952 · age 74	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Robin Alexander Macqueen Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1980 · age 46	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2007-03-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49420 — Removal services

Registered office

Unit 7a2 Glengallan Road

Oban

Argyll

PA34 4HG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-03-30OVERDUE

Last: 2025-03-16

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

MACQUEEN, Robin Alexander→

secretary · appointed 2007-03-16

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Active

MACQUEEN, Graham Livingstone→

director · ~74y · appointed 2007-03-16

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Active

MACQUEEN, Mark Andrew→

director · ~47y · appointed 2017-12-21

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Active

MACQUEEN, Robin Alexander→

director · ~46y · appointed 2008-04-10

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Active

SMALL FIRMS SECRETARY SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-03-16 · resigned 2007-03-16

Resigned

MACQUEEN, Mark Andrew→

director · ~47y · appointed 2008-04-10 · resigned 2013-04-06

Resigned

SMALL FIRMS DIRECT SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2007-03-16 · resigned 2007-03-16

Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-03-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-03-31