MACKAY'S IRONMONGERS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC558667 · ltd · incorporated 2017-02-24

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

47540Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores
47760SIC 47760

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (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: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

19 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-28
Average employees	400	400

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand

2025-11-24
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accounts · AA
2024-11-26
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2023-11-29
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2022-11-21
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accounts · AA
2021-11-15
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accounts · AA
2021-02-03
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accounts · AA
2019-11-04
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accounts · AA
2018-11-20
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accounts · AA
2018-03-06
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address · AD01
2017-02-24
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Company incorporated
As MACKAY'S IRONMONGERS LTD
2017-02-24
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WALLACE, Andrew David appointed
director
2017-02-24
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WALLACE, Joanna Louise appointed
director
2017-02-24
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

79/100

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 59 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Joanna Louise Wallace Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	24/02/2017
Mr Andrew David Wallace Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	24/02/2017

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

Incorporated2017-02-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47520 — Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores

Registered office

Tighnacraig

61 Barmore Road

Tarbert

Argyll

PA29 6TW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-09

Last: 2026-02-23

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WALLACE, Andrew David→

director · ~59y · appointed 2017-02-24

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WALLACE, Joanna Louise→

director · ~59y · appointed 2017-02-24

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