NEIL MCPHERSON LTD

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SC386238 · ltd · incorporated 2010-09-30
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£606.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
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
42 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £606,762

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£607k
Current Assets
£948k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£606.8k
Current assets£948.1k
Net assets£606.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 dissolution
  • • 1 gazette
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 dissolution
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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    dissolution-voluntary-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · SOAS(A)
  2. 2026-04-07
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    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  3. 2026-03-30
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    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  4. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-06-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2024-07-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-11-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-01-28
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  15. 2018-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-10-05
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AAMD
  17. 2010-09-30
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    Company incorporated
    As NEIL MCPHERSON LTD
  18. 2010-09-30
    ➕
    MCPHERSON, Neil appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MCPHERSON" — 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Neil Mcpherson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1957 · age 69
75–100%
—75-100% shares30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2010-09-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

87b John Finnie Street
Kilmarnock
Ayrshire
KA1 1BG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MCPHERSON, Neil→
director · ~69y · appointed 2010-09-30
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Recent filings (42 total)

dissolution-voluntary-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · SOAS(A)
2026-04-16
gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-04-07
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-03