MCLEAN & PARTNERS WEALTH MANAGEMENT LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC334469 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-26
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees400500

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  2. 2026-02-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-07-15
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  8. 2022-07-07
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  9. 2022-07-07
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2021-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-10-26
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  13. 2020-10-21
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  14. 2020-10-20
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  15. 2020-10-20
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2020-04-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2020-04-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2020-04-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2019-09-13
    MELROSE, David Frederick resigned
    director
  20. 2016-03-31
    O'DONNELL & CO LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2007-11-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MCLEAN & PARTNERS WEALTH MANAGEMENT LTD
  22. 2007-11-26
    MCLEAN, Stuart Scott appointed
    director
  23. 2007-11-26
    O'DONNELL & CO LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2007-11-26
    MELROSE, David Frederick 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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MCLEAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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.)

Group structure

Kjd20 Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Kjd20 Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
MCLEAN & PARTNERS WEALTH MANAGEMENT LTD
This company · SC334469

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
Kjd20 Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control12/02/2026
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Stuart Scott Mcleanceased 12/02/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr David Frederick Melroseceased 13/09/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2007-11-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC66290 — Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding

Registered office

6 St. Colme Street
Edinburgh
EH3 6AD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-10
Last: 2025-11-26

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

MCLEAN, Stuart Scott
director · ~56y · appointed 2007-11-26
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Active
O'DONNELL & CO LTD
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-11-26 · resigned 2016-03-31
Resigned
MELROSE, David Frederick
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-11-26 · resigned 2019-09-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-02-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-30
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-07-15
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-07-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-08