MACLEAN GAS SERVICES LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC456303 · ltd · incorporated 2013-08-08

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

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33190

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 75). 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 (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

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

33 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

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31

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 gazette

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-04-07
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gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-04-01
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dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-04-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-04
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-28
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-02-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-02-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-05-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-04-02
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2013-08-08
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Company incorporated
As MACLEAN GAS SERVICES LTD
2013-08-08
➕
EUNSON, Ronald appointed
director

Owner dependency

95/100

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 age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 13 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ronald Eunson Individual · British · DOB 01/1951 · age 75	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/08/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2013-08-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

C/O Clarity Accounting Scotland

234 West George Street

Glasgow

G2 4QY

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-22

Last: 2025-08-08

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

EUNSON, Ronald→

director · ~75y · appointed 2013-08-08

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Active

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Recent filings (33 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary

gazette · GAZ1(A)

2026-04-07

dissolution-application-strike-off-company

dissolution · DS01

2026-04-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-04-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-05-28

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

address · AD01

2025-04-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-01-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-18

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

address · AD01

2023-07-28

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

address · AD01

2023-05-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-04-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-05-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-08-12