MARTINS MEMORIALS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC535026 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-10
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.
Why now
Window closing · medium confidence
Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "well run hard buy" recently.
  • · Lifecycle stage: established → mature
  • · Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • ↑Lifecycle stage: established → mature
  • ·Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£103.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 23700
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
31 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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £103,785
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,676 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£104k
↓ 3.4% YoY
Current Assets
£100k
↑ 1.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£21k£43k£64k£86k£107kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£106.5k£113.3k
Current assets£99.9k£98.0k
Net assets£103.8k£107.5k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-10
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-02
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    address · AD01
  4. 2024-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2019-03-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2019-03-22
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2019-03-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2019-03-21
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2019-03-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2019-03-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2019-03-21
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    officers · TM01
  17. 2019-03-20
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    MACKAY, Jeanette Ina appointed
    director
  18. 2019-03-20
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    MACKAY, Ruairidh Murdo appointed
    director
  19. 2019-03-20
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    MACKENZIE, Aonghas resigned
    director
  20. 2019-03-12
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  21. 2018-11-01
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    MACKENZIE, Sandie Anne resigned
    director
  22. 2016-05-10
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    Company incorporated
    As MARTINS MEMORIALS LIMITED
  23. 2016-05-10
    ➕
    MACKENZIE, Aonghas appointed
    director
  24. 2016-05-10
    ➕
    MACKENZIE, Sandie Anne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

74/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Ruairidh Murdo Mackay
Individual · British · DOB 09/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting20/03/2019
Mrs Jeanette Ina Mackay
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting20/03/2019
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Aonghas Mackenzieceased 20/03/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Sandie Anne Mackenzieceased 20/03/2019· 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
Incorporated2016-05-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC23700 — SIC 23700

Registered office

7a Newton Street
Stornoway
Isle Of Lewis
HS1 2RE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-23
Last: 2026-05-09

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MACKAY, Jeanette Ina→
director · ~63y · appointed 2019-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKAY, Ruairidh Murdo→
director · ~55y · appointed 2019-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKENZIE, Aonghas→
director · ~51y · appointed 2016-05-10 · resigned 2019-03-20
Resigned
MACKENZIE, Sandie Anne→
director · ~42y · appointed 2016-05-10 · resigned 2018-11-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-14