MCCHRISTIE SHEET METAL WORK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC480089 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-16
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£21.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 1.4y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 1.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £21,682

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£22k
↑ 95% YoY
Current Assets
£40k
↓ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£9k£18k£27k£36k£45kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-29
Total assets£101.2k£27.7k
Current assets£40.0k£44.6k
Net assets£21.7k£11.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-11-28
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  5. 2024-11-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Reco Building Developments Limited
  6. 2024-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-16
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2014-06-26
    ➕
    MCDONALD, Susan Alexandra appointed
    director
  18. 2014-06-16
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    Company incorporated
    As MCCHRISTIE SHEET METAL WORK LIMITED
  19. 2014-06-16
    ➕
    MCCHRISTIE, Colin Alexander appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 "MCCHRISTIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Colin Alexander Mcchristie
Individual · British · DOB 01/1981 · age 45
25–50%
—25-50% shares16/06/2016
Miss Susan Alexandra Mcdonald
Individual · British · DOB 07/1985 · age 41
25–50%
—25-50% shares16/06/2016

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
Incorporated2014-06-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

Unit 3 River Wynd
Alness
Ross-Shire
IV17 0PE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-14
Last: 2025-06-30

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCCHRISTIE, Colin Alexander→
director · ~45y · appointed 2014-06-16
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MCDONALD, Susan Alexandra→
director · ~41y · appointed 2014-06-26
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Reco Building Developments
Reco Building Developments Limited
A registered charge1 property19/11/2024—
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Recent filings (28 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-31
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-30