MURCHISON LAW LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC377229 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-21

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

£746.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Solicitors

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

37 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £746,304

Cash YoY

+18%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£318k

↑ 18% YoY

Net Worth

£746k

↑ 13% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Cash	£318.4k	£270.9k
Net assets	£746.3k	£661.9k

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

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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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-01-12
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officers · AP01
2026-01-05
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CRANSTON, Stephen Robert appointed
director
2025-12-12
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accounts · AA
2024-11-29
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accounts · AA
2024-01-16
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2023-01-30
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accounts · AA
2022-01-24
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accounts · AA
2021-04-19
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accounts · AA
2021-01-18
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officers · AP01
2021-01-06
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HUMPHRIS, Kirsten Edith appointed
director
2020-04-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-01-23
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accounts · AA
2019-06-07
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capital · SH01
2019-06-06
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officers · TM01
2019-04-30
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MACLEAN, Roderick Kenneth resigned
director
2018-11-29
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accounts · AA
2018-02-02
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accounts · AA
2017-01-20
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2010-04-21
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Company incorporated
As MURCHISON LAW LIMITED
2010-04-21
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MCCHEYNE, Robert Murray appointed
director
2010-04-21
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MURCHISON, Andrew Alexander appointed
director
2010-04-21
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MACLEAN, Roderick Kenneth appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MURCHISON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Robert Murray Mccheyne Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Alexander Murchison Individual · British · DOB 08/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Roderick Kenneth Macleanceased 01/05/2019· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2010-04-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

5 Ardross Terrace

Inverness

IV3 5NQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-01

Last: 2026-04-17

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

CRANSTON, Stephen Robert→

director · ~41y · appointed 2026-01-05

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Active

HUMPHRIS, Kirsten Edith→

director · ~51y · appointed 2021-01-06

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Active

MCCHEYNE, Robert Murray→

director · ~54y · appointed 2010-04-21

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Active

MURCHISON, Andrew Alexander→

director · ~58y · appointed 2010-04-21

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Active

MACLEAN, Roderick Kenneth→

director · ~57y · appointed 2010-04-21 · resigned 2019-04-30

Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-20

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officers · AP01

2026-01-12