MES 2000 LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC481843 · ltd · incorporated 2014-07-09
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£58.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £58,309
Cash YoY
+85%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£63k
↑ 85% YoY
Net Worth
£58k
↑ 99% YoY
Current Assets
£89k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£18k£36k£54k£71k£89kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£58.3k£29.3k
Current assets£89.3k£73.8k
Cash£63.1k£34.1k
Debtors£24.9k£38.5k
Net assets£58.3k£29.3k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-12-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2021-12-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2021-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-07-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-07-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-07-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-07-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-10-02
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  16. 2019-10-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-10-01
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  18. 2019-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  19. 2014-07-09
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    Company incorporated
    As MES 2000 LTD
  20. 2014-07-09
    ➕
    MCDONALD, Charlene Elizabeth appointed
    director
  21. 2014-07-09
    ➕
    MCDONALD, James Alexander appointed
    director
  22. 2014-07-09
    ➕
    MCDONALD, William George appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Mcdonald
Individual · British · DOB 01/1976 · age 50
50–75%
—50-75% shares26/07/2016
Mr William George Mcdonald
Individual · British · DOB 03/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/12/2016
Mrs Charlene Elizabeth Mcdonald
Individual · British · DOB 05/1983 · age 43
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/12/2016

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
Incorporated2014-07-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

5 Kings Court
High Street
Falkirk
FK1 1PG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-23
Last: 2025-07-09

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MCDONALD, Charlene Elizabeth→
director · ~43y · appointed 2014-07-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCDONALD, James Alexander→
director · ~50y · appointed 2014-07-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCDONALD, William George→
director · ~74y · appointed 2014-07-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (36 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-12-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-28