MAIRI URQUHART & SON FUNERAL GROUP LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC351181 · ltd · incorporated 2008-11-12
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
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
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£27.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Funeral and related activities
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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 (73/100).
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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: 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £27,368
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£27k
↑ 828% YoY
Current Assets
£183k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £72.2k | £80.1k |
| Current assets | £183.2k | £151.7k |
| Net assets | £27.4k | £-3.8k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-22📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-11-02📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AAMD
- 2020-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-05➕ROSS, David Peter Gordon appointeddirector
- 2019-04-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-12-11➖RUSSELL, John Walker resigneddirector
- 2018-12-11📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2018-12-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2009-02-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2008-11-12🏢Company incorporatedAs MAIRI URQUHART & SON FUNERAL GROUP LTD
- 2008-11-12➕URQUHART, Mairi Hylda Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2008-11-12➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-11-12➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-11-12➕MABBOTT, Stephen George appointeddirector
- 2008-11-12➖MABBOTT, Stephen George resigneddirector
- 2008-11-12➕RUSSELL, John Walker appointeddirector
Owner dependency
98/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "URQUHART" — 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Mairi Hylda Elizabeth Urquhart Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65 | 50–75% | — | board control50-75% shares · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr John Walker Russellceased 11/12/2018· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-11-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96030 — Funeral and related activities
Registered office
1-3 Mitchell Lane
Alness
IV17 0QW
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-11
Last: 2026-01-28
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
ROSS, David Peter Gordon→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2019-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
URQUHART, Mairi Hylda Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2008-11-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2008-11-12 · resigned 2008-11-12
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2008-11-12 · resigned 2008-11-12
RUSSELL, John Walker→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2008-11-12 · resigned 2018-12-11
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 24/02/2009 | — |
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Recent filings (54 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-01-22