D MCNAIR & SON LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC394139 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-24
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 12.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2024
Net worth
£3.04M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46711
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46719SIC 46719
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.8y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,038,478

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.7m
Net Worth
£3.0m
Current Assets
£3.9m
Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-03-31
Total assets£3.06M
Current assets£3.95M
Cash£2.73M
Debtors£1.07M
Net assets£3.04M

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
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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-07
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  2. 2024-11-12
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  3. 2023-12-13
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  4. 2022-09-29
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  5. 2021-12-15
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  6. 2020-08-28
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  7. 2019-09-16
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  8. 2018-12-06
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  9. 2017-10-18
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  10. 2016-10-14
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  11. 2015-11-16
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  12. 2015-10-02
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  13. 2014-11-10
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  14. 2014-11-10
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  15. 2014-11-10
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  16. 2013-08-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2011-02-24
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    Company incorporated
    As D MCNAIR & SON LTD.
  18. 2011-02-24
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    SHAW, Alan Geoffrey appointed
    director
  19. 2011-02-24
    ➕
    SHAW, Ilene Elizabeth appointed
    director
  20. 2011-02-24
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2011-02-24
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2011-02-24
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  23. 2011-02-24
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
Mrs Ilene Elizabeth Shaw
Individual · British · DOB 07/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Alan Geoffrey Shaw
Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
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
Incorporated2011-02-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46711 — SIC 46711

Registered office

15 Kinloch Road
Campbeltown
Argyll
PA28 6EG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-12
Last: 2025-09-28

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

SHAW, Alan Geoffrey→
director · ~61y · appointed 2011-02-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHAW, Ilene Elizabeth→
director · ~55y · appointed 2011-02-24
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-02-24 · resigned 2011-02-24
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2011-02-24 · resigned 2011-02-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property22/08/2013—
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Recent filings (41 total)

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2025-11-07
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2025-10-07
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2024-11-12
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2024-10-14
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accounts · AA
2023-12-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-29
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2021-12-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-01
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2020-09-30
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2020-08-28
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2019-10-08
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2019-09-16
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accounts · AA
2018-12-06