MALIN NEWBUILD LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC587349 · ltd · incorporated 2018-01-31
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£176.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -88% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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 (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 £176,800
Cash draining
Cash down 88% YoY
Cash YoY
-88%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£21k
↓ 88% YoY
Net Worth
£177k
↑ 1567% YoY
Current Assets
£414k
↓ 65% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£12k£225k£463k£700k£937k£1.2mSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£176.8k£74.6k
Current assets£414.1k£1.17M
Cash£21.2k£182.2k
Debtors£402.8k£981.1k
Net assets£176.8k£-12.0k

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
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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. 2025-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
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  2. 2024-06-25
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-26
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-06-27
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  5. 2022-02-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  6. 2022-02-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2021-12-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2021-06-25
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-08
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    officers · AP01
  10. 2020-10-05
    MCDOUGALL, Lindsay Colin appointed
    director
  11. 2020-09-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2020-09-01
    MCDOUGALL, Lindsay Colin resigned
    director
  13. 2020-07-30
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2020-06-04
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  15. 2020-06-02
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  16. 2020-06-02
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  17. 2020-06-02
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  18. 2020-06-02
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  19. 2020-06-02
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  20. 2019-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-01-31
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    Company incorporated
    As MALIN NEWBUILD LTD
  22. 2018-01-31
    MACSWEEN, John Angus appointed
    director
  23. 2018-01-31
    THORNLEY, Steven Ralph appointed
    director
  24. 2018-01-31
    MCDOUGALL, Lindsay Colin appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

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

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

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

Malin Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Malin Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
MALIN NEWBUILD LTD
This company · SC587349

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Malin Group Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting31/01/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Malin Group Ltdceased 13/12/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · significant influence · firm interest

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
Incorporated2018-01-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

South Rotunda
100 Govan Road
Glasgow
G51 1AY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-06
Last: 2025-09-22

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MACSWEEN, John Angus
director · ~51y · appointed 2018-01-31
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Active
MCDOUGALL, Lindsay Colin
director · ~46y · appointed 2020-10-05
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Active
THORNLEY, Steven Ralph
director · ~63y · appointed 2018-01-31
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Active
MCDOUGALL, Lindsay Colin
director · ~46y · appointed 2018-01-31 · resigned 2020-09-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-02-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-02-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-06-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-24