MC (SCOTLAND) ENTERPRISE LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

SC567591 · ltd · incorporated 2017-06-01

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 Nov 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

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

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

26 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

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

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-11-30	2024-11-30

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-05-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
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accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-11-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-29
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-06-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-06-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2019-03-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-12
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2018-08-13
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CALDWELL, Micheline appointed
director
2018-08-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2017-06-01
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Company incorporated
As MC (SCOTLAND) ENTERPRISE LIMITED
2017-06-01
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CALDWELL, Charles William appointed
director

Owner dependency

86/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
+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

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 65. 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Charles Cadwell Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/07/2018
Mrs Micheline Cadwell Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/07/2018

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

Incorporated2017-06-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47300 — Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores

Registered office

48 Gartmore Road

Paisley

PA1 3NQ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-08-31

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-14

Last: 2025-05-31

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CALDWELL, Charles William→

director · ~65y · appointed 2017-06-01

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Active

CALDWELL, Micheline→

director · ~60y · appointed 2018-08-13

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (26 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2026-04-28

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-05-14

accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AAMD

2024-12-10

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-11-29

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-11-29

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-11-29

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-06-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-07-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-06-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-06-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-06-09