JAMES P MCCREADY LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC411147 · ltd · incorporated 2011-11-11

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

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Freight transport by road

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

36 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	2	200

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-04-29
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accounts · AA
2025-05-22
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accounts · AA
2024-05-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-13
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accounts · AA
2022-05-24
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2022-05-24
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officers · CH01
2022-05-24
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2022-05-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-15
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address · AD01
2021-08-11
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accounts · AA
2021-01-06
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address · AD01
2020-09-02
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2019-05-31
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2018-04-18
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accounts · AA
2017-05-06
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accounts · AA
2011-11-11
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Company incorporated
As JAMES P MCCREADY LTD
2011-11-11
➕
MCCREADY, James Peter appointed
secretary
2011-11-11
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MCCREADY, Elizabeth appointed
director
2011-11-11
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MCCREADY, James Peter appointed
director

Owner dependency

96/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MCCREADY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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
Mrs Elizabeth Mccready Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/07/2016
Mr James Peter Mccready Individual · British · DOB 02/1952 · age 74	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated2011-11-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

15 Main Street

Shotts

ML7 5EE

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-25

Last: 2025-11-11

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MCCREADY, James Peter→

secretary · appointed 2011-11-11

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Active

MCCREADY, Elizabeth→

director · ~67y · appointed 2011-11-11

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MCCREADY, James Peter→

director · ~74y · appointed 2011-11-11

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Recent filings (36 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-04-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-05-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2024-05-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2023-06-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2022-06-13

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-05-24

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-05-24

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-05-24

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-05-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-11-15

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2021-11-15