MCCULLOCH GROUP HOLDINGS LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC470531 · ltd · incorporated 2014-02-20
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 10.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 10.7y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 19 | 3500 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-28📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-01-28✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2025-01-28📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-01-22📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-12-31📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-12-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-12-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-12-30📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-12-30📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-12-20➕MCCULLOCH, Anne Agnes appointeddirector
- 2024-12-20➖MCCULLOCH, William Francis resigneddirector
- 2024-12-09📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-12-09🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2024-07-19📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-07-04🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2024-02-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-11-30➖GIRDLER, David Derek resigneddirector
- 2023-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-09-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-09-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-02-24➕GIRDLER, David Derek appointeddirector
- 2015-09-14🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2015-08-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2014-02-20🏢Company incorporatedAs MCCULLOCH GROUP HOLDINGS LTD
- 2014-02-20➕MCCULLOCH, Daniel Muir appointeddirector
- 2014-02-20➕MCCULLOCH, William Francis appointeddirector
Owner dependency
89/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MCCULLOCH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- 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
1 med ·Name changed recently
mediumName changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.
Evidence: 2025-01-28: certificate-change-of-name-company
Group structure
Mcculloch Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Mcculloch Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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MCCULLOCH GROUP HOLDINGS LTD
This company · SC470531
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mcculloch Group Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 20/12/2024 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Daniel Muir Mccullochceased 20/12/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr William Francis Mccullochceased 20/12/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-02-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Registered office
Craigiemains 10a Main Street
Ballantrae
Girvan
KA26 0NB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
MCCULLOCH, Anne Agnes→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2024-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCCULLOCH, Daniel Muir→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2014-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GIRDLER, David Derek→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 2022-02-24 · resigned 2023-11-30
MCCULLOCH, William Francis→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2014-02-20 · resigned 2024-12-20
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 04/07/2024 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 14/09/2015 | 09/12/2024 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 27/08/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (46 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-01-28
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-01-28
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-01-28
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-01-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-12-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-12-09