D. MACDOUGALL CONTRACTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC512960 · ltd · incorporated 2015-08-13
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£237.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -74% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £237,680
Net assets shrinking
Down £93,765 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 74% YoY
Cash YoY
-74%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£43k
↓ 74% YoY
Net Worth
£238k
↓ 28% YoY
Current Assets
£376k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£98k£196k£294k£392k£490kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£315.3k£397.9k
Current assets£376.0k£490.1k
Cash£42.9k£162.2k
Debtors£57.8k£49.2k
Net assets£237.7k£331.4k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-03-03
    ➕
    MCLENNAN, Louisa appointed
    director
  7. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-08-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2020-08-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2020-01-24
    ➖
    MACDOUGALL, Donald resigned
    director
  12. 2019-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2017-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-08-13
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    Company incorporated
    As D. MACDOUGALL CONTRACTORS LIMITED
  18. 2015-08-13
    ➕
    MACDOUGALL, Duncan appointed
    director
  19. 2015-08-13
    ➕
    MACDOUGALL, Margaret Morag appointed
    director
  20. 2015-08-13
    ➕
    MACDOUGALL, Donald 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 "MACDOUGALL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — 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 85 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Margaret Morag Macdougall
Individual · British · DOB 09/1941 · age 85
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Duncan Macdougall
Individual · British · DOB 10/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Donald Macdougallceased 24/01/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2015-08-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

Strathorchy
Strathorchy
Dalmally
Argyll
PA33 1AE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-26
Last: 2025-08-12

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MACDOUGALL, Duncan→
director · ~50y · appointed 2015-08-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACDOUGALL, Margaret Morag→
director · ~85y · appointed 2015-08-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCLENNAN, Louisa→
director · ~49y · appointed 2022-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACDOUGALL, Donald→
director · ~92y · appointed 2015-08-13 · resigned 2020-01-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (27 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-08-19