MOROCCO GOLD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC370625 · ltd · incorporated 2009-12-31
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£249.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10410
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -48% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £249,892
Cash draining
Cash down 48% YoY
Cash YoY
-48%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£69k
↓ 48% YoY
Net Worth
£250k
↑ 2270% YoY
Current Assets
£1.0m
↑ 62% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£207k£414k£621k£828k£1.0mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£394.2k£191.7k
Current assets£1.04M£639.8k
Cash£68.6k£133.2k
Debtors£109.8k£165.1k
Net assets£249.9k£10.5k

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
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 (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-05
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  2. 2024-12-18
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  3. 2023-12-21
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  4. 2023-02-02
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  5. 2021-12-06
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  6. 2021-02-19
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  7. 2021-02-19
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  8. 2020-10-26
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  9. 2019-12-31
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  10. 2019-10-29
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  11. 2019-09-13
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  12. 2018-09-25
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  13. 2017-10-27
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  14. 2017-10-24
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    HADANI, Jaouad resigned
    director
  15. 2017-09-28
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  16. 2017-08-07
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  17. 2017-02-16
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    LYONS, Linda appointed
    director
  18. 2017-01-11
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    HADANI, Jaouad appointed
    director
  19. 2009-12-31
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    Company incorporated
    As MOROCCO GOLD LIMITED
  20. 2009-12-31
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    LYONS, Linda appointed
    secretary
  21. 2009-12-31
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    DAVIDSON, Gordon appointed
    director
  22. 2009-12-31
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    WATSON, Robert Thomas appointed
    director
  23. 2009-12-31
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    STEWARD, Vikki appointed
    director
  24. 2009-12-31
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    STEWARD, Vikki resigned
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
Mr Robert Thomas Watson
Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Gordon Davidson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-12-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10410 — SIC 10410

Registered office

9 Ainslie Place
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH3 6AT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-04
Last: 2025-11-20

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

LYONS, Linda→
secretary · appointed 2009-12-31
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Active
DAVIDSON, Gordon→
director · ~70y · appointed 2009-12-31
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Active
LYONS, Linda→
director · ~71y · appointed 2017-02-16
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Active
WATSON, Robert Thomas→
director · ~72y · appointed 2009-12-31
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Active
HADANI, Jaouad→
director · ~45y · appointed 2017-01-11 · resigned 2017-10-24
Resigned
STEWARD, Vikki→
director · ~44y · appointed 2009-12-31 · resigned 2009-12-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-02-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-02-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-31