ARGYLL RESOURCES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC335509 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-20
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.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 38320SIC 38320
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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, 2 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
44 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.

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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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-01-28
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-02-13
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-02-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2007-12-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ARGYLL RESOURCES LIMITED
  17. 2007-12-20
    ➕
    MACLACHLAN, Susan Helen appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-12-20
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    MACLACHLAN, John appointed
    director
  19. 2007-12-20
    ➕
    MACLACHLAN, Susan Helen appointed
    director
  20. 2007-12-20
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2007-12-20
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2007-12-20
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2007-12-20
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Susan Helen Maclachlan
Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr John Maclachlan
Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-12-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110

Registered office

C/O John Maclachlan Group
Offices, Torran Gorm Industrial
Estate, Oban
Argyll
PA34 4PL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-03
Last: 2025-12-20

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MACLACHLAN, Susan Helen→
secretary · appointed 2007-12-20
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Active
MACLACHLAN, John→
director · ~67y · appointed 2007-12-20
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Active
MACLACHLAN, Susan Helen→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-12-20
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-12-20 · resigned 2007-12-20
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-12-20 · resigned 2007-12-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-04