MCKENZIE WILLIS LIMITED

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SC337322 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-06
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£39.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -42% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
49 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 £39,246
Net assets shrinking
Down £9,189 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 42% YoY
Cash YoY
-42%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£24k
↓ 42% YoY
Net Worth
£39k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£62k
↓ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£17k£33k£50k£66k£83kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£39.2k£48.4k
Current assets£61.7k£82.6k
Cash£24.0k£41.1k
Debtors£37.7k£41.5k
Net assets£39.2k£48.4k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-05
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  2. 2024-08-21
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  3. 2024-02-23
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  4. 2022-10-30
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  5. 2021-10-06
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  6. 2020-12-16
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  7. 2019-12-27
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  8. 2018-09-14
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  9. 2018-03-13
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  10. 2017-02-23
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  11. 2016-03-03
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  12. 2015-12-01
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    capital · SH01
  13. 2015-11-23
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  14. 2015-03-05
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  15. 2014-11-07
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-08-02
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    GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2011-08-01
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    GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2009-02-04
    ➕
    MCKENZIE, Andrew appointed
    director
  19. 2009-02-04
    ➕
    WILLIS, Fiona Margaret appointed
    director
  20. 2009-02-04
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    RITCHIE, Sheila Ewan resigned
    director
  21. 2008-02-06
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    Company incorporated
    As MCKENZIE WILLIS LIMITED
  22. 2008-02-06
    ➕
    GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2008-02-06
    ➕
    RITCHIE, Sheila Ewan appointed
    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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MCKENZIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Mckenzie
Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Fiona Margaret Willis
Individual · British · DOB 05/1976 · age 50
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Carol Ann Mckenzie
Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Stuart Peter Willis
Individual · British · DOB 12/1968 · age 58
——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
Incorporated2008-02-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Amicable House, 252 Union Street
Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
AB10 1TN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCKENZIE, Andrew→
director · ~61y · appointed 2009-02-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIS, Fiona Margaret→
director · ~50y · appointed 2009-02-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-02-06 · resigned 2011-08-02
Resigned
RITCHIE, Sheila Ewan→
director · ~69y · appointed 2008-02-06 · resigned 2009-02-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-18