ALAN MACKAY MACHINERY (FORFAR) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC465072 · ltd · incorporated 2013-12-03

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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

4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

32 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

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £1,152,092

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	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Profit before tax	£1.15M	—
Cash	—	£2.76M
Average employees	2600	—

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 (19 events)Click to expand

2025-06-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-20
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-23
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-06
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2019-08-02
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-07-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-06-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2013-12-03
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Company incorporated
As ALAN MACKAY MACHINERY (FORFAR) LIMITED
2013-12-03
➕
MACKAY, Irene May appointed
secretary
2013-12-03
➕
ANDERSON, Ross David appointed
director
2013-12-03
➕
MACKAY, Alan appointed
director
2013-12-03
➕
MACKAY, Irene May appointed
director

Owner dependency

88/100

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

+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MACKAY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alan Mackay Individual · British · DOB 03/1953 · age 73	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mr Ross David Anderson Individual · British · DOB 09/1982 · age 44	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	20/06/2019

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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

Incorporated2013-12-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Garthfield

Padanaram

Forfar

Angus

DD8 1PF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-03

Last: 2025-08-20

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

MACKAY, Irene May→

secretary · appointed 2013-12-03

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Active

ANDERSON, Ross David→

director · ~44y · appointed 2013-12-03

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Active

MACKAY, Alan→

director · ~73y · appointed 2013-12-03

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Active

MACKAY, Irene May→

director · ~69y · appointed 2013-12-03

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Active

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Recent filings (32 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2025-06-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-20

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2024-09-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2024-07-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2023-09-21

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-01

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

officers · CH01

2023-08-24

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

accounts · AA

2022-09-30

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-08-23

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-23

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

accounts · AA

2021-09-07

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-08-23

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-10-05

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

accounts · AA

2020-08-28