MARLSAY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC354229 · ltd · incorporated 2009-01-29
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of food in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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, 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
46 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees12001200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-21
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  2. 2025-04-28
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  3. 2025-04-25
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    MCCULLOCH, David appointed
    director
  4. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-29
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  6. 2022-12-27
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  7. 2021-12-29
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  8. 2020-12-08
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  9. 2019-12-11
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  10. 2018-12-31
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  11. 2017-12-13
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  12. 2016-12-31
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  13. 2016-02-26
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  14. 2015-12-31
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  15. 2015-02-12
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  16. 2014-12-16
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  17. 2009-01-29
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    Company incorporated
    As MARLSAY LIMITED
  18. 2009-01-29
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    MCCULLOCH, David John Robert appointed
    director
  19. 2009-01-29
    ➕
    MCCULLOCH, Katherine appointed
    director
  20. 2009-01-29
    ➕
    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    secretary
  21. 2009-01-29
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    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    secretary
  22. 2009-01-29
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    MCINTOSH, Susan appointed
    director
  23. 2009-01-29
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    MCINTOSH, Susan resigned
    director
  24. 2009-01-29
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    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    director
  25. 2009-01-29
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    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

33/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MCCULLOCH, David (same surname) appointed 2025-04-25. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David John Robert Mcculloch
Individual · British · DOB 03/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares29/01/2017

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
Incorporated2009-01-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47290 — Other retail sale of food in specialised stores

Registered office

36 Lodge Walk
Elie
Leven
Fife
KY9 1DD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-04
Last: 2026-01-21

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MCCULLOCH, David→
director · ~36y · appointed 2025-04-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCULLOCH, David John Robert→
director · ~71y · appointed 2009-01-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCULLOCH, Katherine→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-01-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TRAINER, Peter→
secretary · appointed 2009-01-29 · resigned 2009-01-29
Resigned
MCINTOSH, Susan→
director · ~56y · appointed 2009-01-29 · resigned 2009-01-29
Resigned
TRAINER, Peter→
director · ~74y · appointed 2009-01-29 · resigned 2009-01-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-11