M A MURRAY CONSULTING LIMITED

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SC330476 · ltd · incorporated 2007-09-06
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£27.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
43 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £27,552
Net assets shrinking
Down £4,188 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£28k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£19k
↑ 369% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£6k£13k£19k£25k£32kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£28.3k£31.7k
Current assets£19.4k£4.1k
Net assets£27.6k£31.7k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-01-24
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  3. 2024-03-22
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  4. 2024-01-31
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  5. 2023-06-14
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  6. 2023-03-16
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-03-14
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    MURRAY, Kathryn Henrietta appointed
    director
  8. 2022-01-25
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  9. 2021-01-28
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  10. 2020-12-03
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  11. 2020-12-03
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  12. 2020-01-29
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  13. 2019-01-25
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  14. 2018-01-29
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  15. 2017-01-31
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  16. 2007-09-06
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    Company incorporated
    As M A MURRAY CONSULTING LIMITED
  17. 2007-09-06
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    MURRAY, Kathryn Henrietta appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-09-06
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    MURRAY, Murdo Angus appointed
    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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Murdo Angus Murray
Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72
75–100%
—75-100% shares03/12/2020
Mrs Kathryn Henrietta Murray
Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/10/2023

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
Incorporated2007-09-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

6 Sand Street
Stornoway
Isle Of Lewis
HS1 2UE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-16
Last: 2025-10-02

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MURRAY, Kathryn Henrietta→
secretary · appointed 2007-09-06
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MURRAY, Kathryn Henrietta→
director · ~68y · appointed 2023-03-14
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Active
MURRAY, Murdo Angus→
director · ~72y · appointed 2007-09-06
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Active

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Recent filings (43 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-01-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-14
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officers · AP01
2023-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-12-03