MACDON PROPERTY LTD

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SC462996 · ltd · incorporated 2013-11-04

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Asset base steady — strong defensive profile, no urgency cue.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£216.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

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Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

28 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £216,424

Cash YoY

-6%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£9k

↓ 6.1% YoY

Net Worth

£216k

↑ 4.0% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£216.4k	£208.1k
Cash	£9.4k	£10.0k
Net assets	£216.4k	£208.1k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2025-09-25
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2024-09-25
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2023-03-07
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2022-04-01
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2021-05-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-15
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2019-07-03
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2018-08-13
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2017-09-26
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2016-09-12
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2016-02-10
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2016-02-09
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gazette · GAZ1
2016-02-04
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2015-07-29
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2013-11-04
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Company incorporated
As MACDON PROPERTY LTD
2013-11-04
➕
DONNELLY, Joan Ann Early appointed
director
2013-11-04
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DONNELLY, Matthew appointed
director

Owner dependency

86/100

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 age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Matthew Donnelly Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2013-11-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

1 Cambuslang Court

Cambuslang

Glasgow

Lanarkshire

G32 8FH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-18

Last: 2025-11-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DONNELLY, Joan Ann Early→

director · ~67y · appointed 2013-11-04

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Active

DONNELLY, Matthew→

director · ~69y · appointed 2013-11-04

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Active

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Recent filings (28 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-04

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

accounts · AA

2025-09-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-05

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

accounts · AA

2024-09-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-13

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

accounts · AA

2023-03-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-08

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

accounts · AA

2022-04-01

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-11-04

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2021-05-05

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

accounts · AA

2021-03-01

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-11-04

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

accounts · AA

2020-07-15

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-11-04

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

accounts · AA

2019-07-03