M & J BUILDERS (DUNDEE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC443742 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-27
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other construction installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees400400

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-12-09
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  3. 2023-09-22
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  4. 2022-12-12
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  5. 2021-12-20
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  6. 2020-10-26
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  7. 2019-12-16
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  8. 2018-11-27
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-12-27
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-07-22
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-03-14
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  12. 2015-08-14
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-02-27
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  14. 2014-08-20
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-08-19
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    accounts · AA01
  16. 2013-02-27
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    Company incorporated
    As M & J BUILDERS (DUNDEE) LIMITED
  17. 2013-02-27
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    GORDON, John appointed
    director
  18. 2013-02-27
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    MOLLISON, Mark appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Mollison
Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/02/2017
Mr John Gordon
Individual · British · DOB 01/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/02/2017

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
Incorporated2013-02-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

7 St. Martin Crescent
Dundee
Angus
DD3 0SU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-12
Last: 2025-08-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GORDON, John→
director · ~57y · appointed 2013-02-27
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Active
MOLLISON, Mark→
director · ~56y · appointed 2013-02-27
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Active

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Recent filings (27 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-20