DUNCAN MCGARRY FAMILY LIAISON TRAINING & CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC464561 · ltd · incorporated 2013-11-26
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£88.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Investigation activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £87,975

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£88k
Current Assets
£100k
Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-11-30
Total assets£89.0k
Current assets£99.9k
Net assets£88.0k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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. 2025-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-09-03
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  3. 2023-08-16
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  4. 2022-09-05
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  5. 2021-09-10
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  6. 2020-12-01
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  7. 2019-08-30
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  8. 2018-08-29
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  9. 2017-08-11
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  10. 2016-08-26
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2015-11-26
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  12. 2015-08-28
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  13. 2014-11-29
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2013-11-26
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    Company incorporated
    As DUNCAN MCGARRY FAMILY LIAISON TRAINING & CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  15. 2013-11-26
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    ALEXANDER-MCGARRY, Duncan John appointed
    director
  16. 2013-11-26
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    ALEXANDER-MCGARRY, Shona Jane Elizabeth appointed
    director
  17. 2013-11-26
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  18. 2013-11-26
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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 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 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 67. 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 12 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Duncan John Alexander-Mcgarry
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 05/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares26/11/2016

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
Incorporated2013-11-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC80300 — Investigation activities

Registered office

8 Laudervale
Bullwood Road
Dunoon
PA23 7QL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-05
Last: 2025-10-22

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ALEXANDER-MCGARRY, Duncan John→
director · ~67y · appointed 2013-11-26
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Active
ALEXANDER-MCGARRY, Shona Jane Elizabeth→
director · ~64y · appointed 2013-11-26
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Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-19