MACDONALD HENDERSON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC335501 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-20

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 17.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Solicitors

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.2y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 17.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (6 active, 12 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

95 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Average employees	2300	1800

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

• 1 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2026-06-01
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TELFER, Norman Douglas appointed
director
2026-06-01
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-21
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-05-18
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change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2026-05-18
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-21
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-10-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-09
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HANKINSON, Michael Richard resigned
director
2023-08-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-01
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LENNOX, William Gordon appointed
director
2022-07-01
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-25
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-04-25
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-04-21
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capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2022-04-21
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-04-21
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-04-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-04-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-02-05
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MCKNIGHT, Laura Maureen appointed
director
2021-01-08
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CAMPBELL, Stacy Elise resigned
director
2021-01-08
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MATHESON, Maureen Mckee resigned
director
2021-01-08
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MCKEE, Alan James resigned
director
2021-01-08
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MORRISON, Fraser Lewis resigned
director
2019-09-01
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HANKINSON, Michael Richard appointed
director
2018-11-01
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CAMPBELL, Stacy Elise appointed
director
2018-06-06
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MORRISON, Fraser Lewis appointed
director
2017-01-09
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MATHESON, Maureen Mckee appointed
director
2014-11-01
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MCKEE, Alan James appointed
director
2009-03-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2009-02-05
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ANDERSON, Ian Robert Edgar appointed
director
2009-02-05
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BEVERIDGE, David Brannigan appointed
director
2009-02-05
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SHELF DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2007-12-20
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Company incorporated
As MACDONALD HENDERSON LIMITED
2007-12-20
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SHELF SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-12-20
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SHELF DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 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

Macdonald Henderson Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Macdonald Henderson Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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MACDONALD HENDERSON LIMITED

This company · SC335501

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Macdonald Henderson Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	31/03/2022

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Com Holdings Limitedceased 31/03/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
Mr David Brannigan Beveridgeceased 31/03/2022· significant influence

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.

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-12-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

Wellington Place

107 West Regent Street

Glasgow

G2 2BA

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-05

Last: 2025-11-21