C S MACHINERY SALES LTD

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SC485757 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-02
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£521.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46140
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.2y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.2 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 £521,510
Cash YoY
-8%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£639k
↓ 7.9% YoY
Net Worth
£522k
↑ 29% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£139k£278k£416k£555k£694kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Cash£639.2k£694.0k
Net assets£521.5k£405.8k

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

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3 signals 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 (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-24
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  3. 2025-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-16
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  7. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-12
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  9. 2023-01-04
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2023-01-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-11-30
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    SHAW, Calum resigned
    director
  12. 2022-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-11-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  15. 2020-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-01-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2019-11-27
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    INNES, Angus Macrae appointed
    director
  18. 2019-10-29
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    second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
    capital · RP04SH01
  19. 2019-09-06
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  20. 2019-09-06
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  21. 2015-05-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2014-09-02
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    Company incorporated
    As C S MACHINERY SALES LTD
  23. 2014-09-02
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Alan appointed
    director
  24. 2014-09-02
    ➕
    SHAW, Calum 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Mhor Properties Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Mhor Properties Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
majority
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C S MACHINERY SALES LTD
This company · SC485757

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mhor Properties Limited
Corporate entity
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-09-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46140 — SIC 46140

Registered office

17b Henderson Drive
Inverness
IV1 1TR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

CAMPBELL, Alan→
director · ~66y · appointed 2014-09-02
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Active
INNES, Angus Macrae→
director · ~37y · appointed 2019-11-27
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Active
SHAW, Calum→
director · ~61y · appointed 2014-09-02 · resigned 2022-11-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—01/05/2015—
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Recent filings (41 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2025-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-19
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-01-12
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-01-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-25