MARDC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC372889 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-12
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£1.51M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Dental practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,514,923
Very low cash
Cash position: £71
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,559 YoY
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£71
~ YoY
Net Worth
£1.5m
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£303k£607k£910k£1.2m£1.5mFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Cash£71£71
Net assets£1.51M£1.52M

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-04-16
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2023-12-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-03-12
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    MORSON, Gordon Pitcairn, Dr resigned
    director
  14. 2019-03-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2019-03-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2018-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2010-02-12
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    Company incorporated
    As MARDC LIMITED
  19. 2010-02-12
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Charles Buchan appointed
    secretary
  20. 2010-02-12
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Charles Buchan appointed
    director
  21. 2010-02-12
    ➕
    MORSON, Gordon Pitcairn, Dr appointed
    director
  22. 2010-02-12
    ➕
    MORSON, Gordon Pitcairn, Dr appointed
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 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 candidate

Strong 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 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 Charles Buchan Macdonald
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Dr Gordon Pitcairn Morson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-02-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86230 — Dental practice activities

Registered office

C/O Johnston Carmichael Unit 2a, The Paddock
Stirling Agricultural Centre
Stirling
FK9 4RN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-26
Last: 2026-02-12

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MACDONALD, Charles Buchan→
secretary · appointed 2010-02-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACDONALD, Charles Buchan→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-02-12
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Active
MORSON, Gordon Pitcairn, Dr→
director · ~51y · appointed 2010-02-12
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Active
MORSON, Gordon Pitcairn, Dr→
director · ~51y · appointed 2010-02-12 · resigned 2019-03-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-16
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-04-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-30